#BC3A35#BC3A35

#BC3A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A35
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 51.62, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 61.19, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1496 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.167 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8972, 13.9779, 4.8598)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A35 #35B7BC

analogous

#BC3574 #BC3A35 #BC7D35

triadic

#BC3A35 #35BC3A #3A35BC

tetradic

#BC3A35 #74BC35 #35B7BC #7D35BC

square

#BC3A35 #74BC35 #35B7BC #7D35BC

split-complementary

#BC3A35 #35BC7D #3574BC

monochromatic

#5D1D1A #8C2B28 #BC3A35 #D1615D #DF908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A35

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A35	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786c',
    500: '#bc3a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a35;
$custom-light: #d8786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53883,
    "c": 0.16736,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A35

secondary

#84C7C9

accent

#DADF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A35

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

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