#BC3A31#BC3A31

#BC3A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A31
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 51.44, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 62.28, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1482 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.168 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8090, 13.9426, 4.3953)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A31 #31B3BC

analogous

#BC316E #BC3A31 #BC8031

triadic

#BC3A31 #31BC3A #3A31BC

tetradic

#BC3A31 #6EBC31 #31B3BC #8031BC

square

#BC3A31 #6EBC31 #31B3BC #8031BC

split-complementary

#BC3A31 #31BC80 #316EBC

monochromatic

#5B1C18 #8B2B24 #BC3A31 #D35F57 #E08D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A31

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A31	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786a',
    500: '#bc3a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a31;
$custom-light: #d8786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53828,
    "c": 0.16797,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A31

secondary

#7FC5CA

accent

#D8E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A31

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

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