#BC3A29#BC3A29

#BC3A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3A29
RGBrgb(188, 58, 41)
HSLhsl(7, 64%, 45%)
HSVhsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.06, 51.12, 39.46)
CIE-LCHlch(44.06, 64.58, 37.66°)
OKLaboklab(53.73% 0.1456 0.0864)
OKLCHoklch(53.73% 0.169 30.7)
XYZxyz(22.6549, 13.8810, 3.5838)
Luminance0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3A29 #29ABBC
analogous
#BC2961 #BC3A29 #BC8429
triadic
#BC3A29 #29BC3A #3A29BC
tetradic
#BC3A29 #61BC29 #29ABBC #8429BC
square
#BC3A29 #61BC29 #29ABBC #8429BC
split-complementary
#BC3A29 #29BC84 #2961BC
monochromatic
#581B13 #8A2B1E #BC3A29 #D85B4B #E3897D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56
#BC3A29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78
#BC3A29 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A29
5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3A29#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC3A291.005.563.785.56
#FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#605626
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807324
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF0B37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 30.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97864',
    500: '#bc3a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3a29;
$custom-light: #d97864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.939,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53734,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3A29
secondary
#76C1CB
accent
#D4E741
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A29

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#BC3A29 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva