#BC3A28#BC3A28

#BC3A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3A28
RGBrgb(188, 58, 40)
HSLhsl(7, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(7, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.05, 51.09, 39.99)
CIE-LCHlch(44.05, 64.88, 38.05°)
OKLaboklab(53.72% 0.1453 0.0873)
OKLCHoklch(53.72% 0.17 31)
XYZxyz(22.6377, 13.8741, 3.4930)
Luminance0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3A28 #28AABC
analogous
#BC2860 #BC3A28 #BC8428
triadic
#BC3A28 #28BC3A #3A28BC
tetradic
#BC3A28 #60BC28 #28AABC #8428BC
square
#BC3A28 #60BC28 #28AABC #8428BC
split-complementary
#BC3A28 #28BC84 #2860BC
monochromatic
#571B13 #8A2A1D #BC3A28 #D85A49 #E3887B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56
#BC3A28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77
#BC3A28 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A28
5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3A28#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC3A281.005.563.775.56
#FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#605625
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807323
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF0A37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 31.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97863',
    500: '#bc3a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3a28;
$custom-light: #d97863;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.297,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53723,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3A28
secondary
#75C1CB
accent
#D3E840
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A28

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#BC3A28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva