#BC3A3E#BC3A3E

#BC3A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A3E
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 52.09, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 58.99, 27.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.153 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.166 23)
XYZ	xyz(23.1240, 14.0686, 6.0544)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A3E #3ABCB8

analogous

#BC3A7F #BC3A3E #BC773A

triadic

#BC3A3E #3EBC3A #3A3EBC

tetradic

#BC3A3E #7FBC3A #3ABCB8 #773ABC

square

#BC3A3E #7FBC3A #3ABCB8 #773ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A3E #3ABC77 #3A7FBC

monochromatic

#5E1D1F #8D2C2F #BC3A3E #CF6467 #DE9395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A3E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A3E	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)

#5E573D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE143D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87873',
    500: '#bc3a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a3e;
$custom-light: #d87873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54021,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.14065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A3E

secondary

#89C9C7

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A3E

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

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