#BC3A38#BC3A38

#BC3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A38
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 51.77, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 60.42, 31.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1507 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.167 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9684, 14.0064, 5.2347)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A38 #38BABC

analogous

#BC3878 #BC3A38 #BC7C38

triadic

#BC3A38 #38BC3A #3A38BC

tetradic

#BC3A38 #78BC38 #38BABC #7C38BC

square

#BC3A38 #78BC38 #38BABC #7C38BC

split-complementary

#BC3A38 #38BC7C #3878BC

monochromatic

#5E1D1C #8D2B2A #BC3A38 #D06361 #DE9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A38

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A38	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)

#5E5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF113B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786f',
    500: '#bc3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a38;
$custom-light: #d8786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53926,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A38

secondary

#87C8C9

accent

#DBDD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A38

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

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