#BC3A27#BC3A27

#BC3A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A27
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 51.05, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 65.17, 38.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.145 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.17 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6209, 13.8674, 3.4046)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A27 #27A9BC

analogous

#BC275F #BC3A27 #BC8527

triadic

#BC3A27 #27BC3A #3A27BC

tetradic

#BC3A27 #5FBC27 #27A9BC #8527BC

square

#BC3A27 #5FBC27 #27A9BC #8527BC

split-complementary

#BC3A27 #27BC85 #275FBC

monochromatic

#571B12 #892A1C #BC3A27 #D95A47 #E3877A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A27

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A27	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97863',
    500: '#bc3a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a27;
$custom-light: #d97863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.651,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53713,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A27

secondary

#73C0CB

accent

#D3E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A27

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

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