#BC3A3B#BC3A3B

#BC3A3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A3B
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 59)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 51.93, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 59.68, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1519 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.167 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0440, 14.0366, 5.6328)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A3B #3ABCBB

analogous

#BC3A7C #BC3A3B #BC7A3A

triadic

#BC3A3B #3BBC3A #3A3BBC

tetradic

#BC3A3B #7CBC3A #3ABCBB #7A3ABC

square

#BC3A3B #7CBC3A #3ABCBB #7A3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A3B #3ABC7A #3A7CBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1E #8D2C2C #BC3A3B #CF6465 #DE9393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3A3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A3B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A3B	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87871',
    500: '#bc3a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a3b;
$custom-light: #d87871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53973,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A3B

secondary

#89C9C8

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A3B

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

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