#BC3A36#BC3A36

#BC3A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A36
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 51.67, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 60.93, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.15 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.167 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9205, 13.9872, 4.9822)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A36 #36B8BC

analogous

#BC3675 #BC3A36 #BC7D36

triadic

#BC3A36 #36BC3A #3A36BC

tetradic

#BC3A36 #75BC36 #36B8BC #7D36BC

square

#BC3A36 #75BC36 #36B8BC #7D36BC

split-complementary

#BC3A36 #36BC7D #3675BC

monochromatic

#5D1D1B #8C2B28 #BC3A36 #D1625E #DF908E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A36

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A36	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)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF113A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786d',
    500: '#bc3a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a36;
$custom-light: #d8786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53897,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A36

secondary

#85C7C9

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A36

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

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