#BC3A2F#BC3A2F

#BC3A2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A2F
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 47)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 51.36, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 62.84, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1475 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.168 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7677, 13.9261, 4.1779)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A2F #2FB1BC

analogous

#BC2F6A #BC3A2F #BC802F

triadic

#BC3A2F #2FBC3A #3A2FBC

tetradic

#BC3A2F #6ABC2F #2FB1BC #802FBC

square

#BC3A2F #6ABC2F #2FB1BC #802FBC

split-complementary

#BC3A2F #2FBC80 #2F6ABC

monochromatic

#5A1C17 #8B2B23 #BC3A2F #D45E54 #E08C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A2F

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A2F	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)

#5F562D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97868',
    500: '#bc3a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a2f;
$custom-light: #d97868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53803,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A2F

secondary

#7DC4CA

accent

#D7E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A2F

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

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