#BC3A2B#BC3A2B

#BC3A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A2B
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 43)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 51.20, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 63.99, 36.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1462 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.169 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6907, 13.8953, 3.7723)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A2B #2BADBC

analogous

#BC2B64 #BC3A2B #BC832B

triadic

#BC3A2B #2BBC3A #3A2BBC

tetradic

#BC3A2B #64BC2B #2BADBC #832BBC

square

#BC3A2B #64BC2B #2BADBC #832BBC

split-complementary

#BC3A2B #2BBC83 #2B64BC

monochromatic

#581B14 #8A2B20 #BC3A2B #D65C4E #E28A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A2B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A2B	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)

#605628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97865',
    500: '#bc3a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a2b;
$custom-light: #d97865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53756,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A2B

secondary

#78C2CB

accent

#D5E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A2B

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

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