#BC3A3C#BC3A3C

#BC3A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A3C
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 60)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 51.98, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 59.44, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1522 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.166 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0702, 14.0471, 5.7707)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A3C #3ABCBA

analogous

#BC3A7D #BC3A3C #BC793A

triadic

#BC3A3C #3CBC3A #3A3CBC

tetradic

#BC3A3C #7DBC3A #3ABCBA #793ABC

square

#BC3A3C #7DBC3A #3ABCBA #793ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A3C #3ABC79 #3A7DBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1E #8D2C2D #BC3A3C #CF6466 #DE9394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A3C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A3C	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87872',
    500: '#bc3a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a3c;
$custom-light: #d87872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53989,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A3C

secondary

#89C9C8

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A3C

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

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