#BC3A40#BC3A40

#BC3A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A40
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 52.20, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 58.55, 26.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1538 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.166 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1799, 14.0910, 6.3488)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A40 #3ABCB6

analogous

#BC3A81 #BC3A40 #BC753A

triadic

#BC3A40 #40BC3A #3A40BC

tetradic

#BC3A40 #81BC3A #3ABCB6 #753ABC

square

#BC3A40 #81BC3A #3ABCB6 #753ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A40 #3ABC75 #3A81BC

monochromatic

#5E1D20 #8D2C30 #BC3A40 #CF6469 #DE9396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A40

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A40	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE153D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77874',
    500: '#bc3a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a40;
$custom-light: #d77874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54056,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A40

secondary

#89C9C6

accent

#DCD64C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A40

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

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