#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
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 40)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 51.09, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 64.88, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1453 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.17 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.6377, 13.8741, 3.4930)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC3A28	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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