#BC3A3A#BC3A3A

#BC3A3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A3A
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 58)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 51.87, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 59.92, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1515 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.167 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0183, 14.0263, 5.4975)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A3A #3ABCBC

analogous

#BC3A7B #BC3A3A #BC7B3A

triadic

#BC3A3A #3ABC3A #3A3ABC

tetradic

#BC3A3A #7BBC3A #3ABCBC #7B3ABC

square

#BC3A3A #7BBC3A #3ABCBC #7B3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A3A #3ABC7B #3A7BBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1D #8D2C2C #BC3A3A #CF6464 #DE9393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3A3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A3A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A3A	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)

#5E5739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE123C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87870',
    500: '#bc3a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a3a;
$custom-light: #d87870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53957,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A3A

secondary

#89C9C9

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A3A

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

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