#BC3A32#BC3A32

#BC3A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A32
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 51.49, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 62.00, 33.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1486 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.168 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8304, 13.9512, 4.5077)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A32 #32B4BC

analogous

#BC326F #BC3A32 #BC7F32

triadic

#BC3A32 #32BC3A #3A32BC

tetradic

#BC3A32 #6FBC32 #32B4BC #7F32BC

square

#BC3A32 #6FBC32 #32B4BC #7F32BC

split-complementary

#BC3A32 #32BC7F #326FBC

monochromatic

#5B1C18 #8C2B25 #BC3A32 #D36058 #E08E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A32

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A32	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)

#5F5630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786a',
    500: '#bc3a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a32;
$custom-light: #d8786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53842,
    "c": 0.16782,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A32

secondary

#80C5C9

accent

#D8E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A32

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

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