#BC3A39#BC3A39

#BC3A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A39
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 57)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 51.82, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 60.17, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1511 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.167 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9931, 14.0162, 5.3648)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A39 #39BBBC

analogous

#BC3979 #BC3A39 #BC7B39

triadic

#BC3A39 #39BC3A #3A39BC

tetradic

#BC3A39 #79BC39 #39BBBC #7B39BC

square

#BC3A39 #79BC39 #39BBBC #7B39BC

split-complementary

#BC3A39 #39BC7B #3979BC

monochromatic

#5E1D1D #8D2C2B #BC3A39 #D06363 #DE9292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A39

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A39	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF123B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786f',
    500: '#bc3a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a39;
$custom-light: #d8786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.458,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53941,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A39

secondary

#88C8C9

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A39

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

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