#BC3A41#BC3A41

#BC3A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A41
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 52.26, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 58.34, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1541 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.166 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2086, 14.1025, 6.5000)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A41 #3ABCB5

analogous

#BC3A82 #BC3A41 #BC743A

triadic

#BC3A41 #41BC3A #3A41BC

tetradic

#BC3A41 #82BC3A #3ABCB5 #743ABC

square

#BC3A41 #82BC3A #3ABCB5 #743ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A41 #3ABC74 #3A82BC

monochromatic

#5E1D21 #8D2C31 #BC3A41 #CF646A #DE9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A41

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A41	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)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77875',
    500: '#bc3a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a41;
$custom-light: #d77875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54073,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A41

secondary

#89C9C5

accent

#DCD44C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A41

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

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