#BC3A2A#BC3A2A

#BC3A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A2A
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 42)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 51.16, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 64.29, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1459 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.169 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6726, 13.8881, 3.6769)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A2A #2AACBC

analogous

#BC2A63 #BC3A2A #BC832A

triadic

#BC3A2A #2ABC3A #3A2ABC

tetradic

#BC3A2A #63BC2A #2AACBC #832ABC

square

#BC3A2A #63BC2A #2AACBC #832ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A2A #2ABC83 #2A63BC

monochromatic

#581B14 #8A2B1F #BC3A2A #D75B4C #E2897E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A2A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A2A	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)

#605627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97865',
    500: '#bc3a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a2a;
$custom-light: #d97865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.575,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53745,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A2A

secondary

#77C2CB

accent

#D4E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A2A

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

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