#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
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 51.12, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 64.58, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1456 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.169 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6549, 13.8810, 3.5838)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC3A29	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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