#BC3A30#BC3A30

#BC3A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A30
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 48)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 51.40, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 62.56, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1479 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.168 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7881, 13.9343, 4.2854)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A30 #30B2BC

analogous

#BC306C #BC3A30 #BC8030

triadic

#BC3A30 #30BC3A #3A30BC

tetradic

#BC3A30 #6CBC30 #30B2BC #8030BC

square

#BC3A30 #6CBC30 #30B2BC #8030BC

split-complementary

#BC3A30 #30BC80 #306CBC

monochromatic

#5A1C17 #8B2B24 #BC3A30 #D45F55 #E08D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A30

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A30	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87869',
    500: '#bc3a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a30;
$custom-light: #d87869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53816,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A30

secondary

#7EC4CA

accent

#D7E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A30

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

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