#BC3A2C#BC3A2C

#BC3A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A2C
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 44)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 51.24, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 63.70, 36.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1466 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.169 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7093, 13.9027, 3.8701)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A2C #2CAEBC

analogous

#BC2C66 #BC3A2C #BC822C

triadic

#BC3A2C #2CBC3A #3A2CBC

tetradic

#BC3A2C #66BC2C #2CAEBC #822CBC

square

#BC3A2C #66BC2C #2CAEBC #822CBC

split-complementary

#BC3A2C #2CBC82 #2C66BC

monochromatic

#591B15 #8A2B20 #BC3A2C #D65C4F #E18A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A2C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A2C	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)

#605629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97866',
    500: '#bc3a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a2c;
$custom-light: #d97866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53767,
    "c": 0.1688,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A2C

secondary

#79C2CA

accent

#D5E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A2C

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

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