#BC3A2E#BC3A2E

#BC3A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A2E
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 51.32, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 63.12, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1472 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.168 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7478, 13.9181, 4.0729)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A2E #2EB0BC

analogous

#BC2E69 #BC3A2E #BC812E

triadic

#BC3A2E #2EBC3A #3A2EBC

tetradic

#BC3A2E #69BC2E #2EB0BC #812EBC

square

#BC3A2E #69BC2E #2EB0BC #812EBC

split-complementary

#BC3A2E #2EBC81 #2E69BC

monochromatic

#5A1C16 #8B2B22 #BC3A2E #D55D52 #E18B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A2E

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A2E	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97867',
    500: '#bc3a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a2e;
$custom-light: #d97867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.07,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53791,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A2E

secondary

#7CC3CA

accent

#D6E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A2E

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

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