#BC3A19#BC3A19

#BC3A19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.172 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A19
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 50.66, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 69.27, 43.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.6% 0.1414 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(53.6% 0.172 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4302, 13.7911, 2.4004)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A19 #199BBC

analogous

#BC194A #BC3A19 #BC8C19

triadic

#BC3A19 #19BC3A #3A19BC

tetradic

#BC3A19 #4ABC19 #199BBC #8C19BC

square

#BC3A19 #4ABC19 #199BBC #8C19BC

split-complementary

#BC3A19 #19BC8C #194ABC

monochromatic

#50190B #862912 #BC3A19 #E3532F #EB8065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A19

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A19	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.172 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da785a',
    500: '#bc3a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a19;
$custom-light: #da785a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.147,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53595,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A19

secondary

#61B9CF

accent

#CDF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A19

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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