#BC3A34#BC3A34

#BC3A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A34
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 52)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 51.58, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 61.46, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% 0.1493 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.168 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.8744, 13.9688, 4.7399)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A34 #34B6BC

analogous

#BC3472 #BC3A34 #BC7E34

triadic

#BC3A34 #34BC3A #3A34BC

tetradic

#BC3A34 #72BC34 #34B6BC #7E34BC

square

#BC3A34 #72BC34 #34B6BC #7E34BC

split-complementary

#BC3A34 #34BC7E #3472BC

monochromatic

#5C1C19 #8C2B27 #BC3A34 #D2615B #DF8F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A34

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A34	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)

#5F5732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786c',
    500: '#bc3a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a34;
$custom-light: #d8786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53869,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.13965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A34

secondary

#83C6C9

accent

#D9E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A34

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

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