#BC3A33#BC3A33

#BC3A33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A33
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 51.53, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 61.73, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1489 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8522, 13.9599, 4.6226)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A33 #33B5BC

analogous

#BC3370 #BC3A33 #BC7F33

triadic

#BC3A33 #33BC3A #3A33BC

tetradic

#BC3A33 #70BC33 #33B5BC #7F33BC

square

#BC3A33 #70BC33 #33B5BC #7F33BC

split-complementary

#BC3A33 #33BC7F #3370BC

monochromatic

#5C1C19 #8C2B26 #BC3A33 #D2605A #DF8E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3A33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A33

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A33	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)

#5F5631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786b',
    500: '#bc3a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a33;
$custom-light: #d8786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53855,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A33

secondary

#81C6C9

accent

#D9E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A33

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

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