#BC3B19#BC3B19

#BC3B19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.171 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B19
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 25)
HSL	hsl(13, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 50.26, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 69.06, 43.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1401 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.171 35)
XYZ	xyz(22.4811, 13.8929, 2.4174)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B19 #199ABC

analogous

#BC1949 #BC3B19 #BC8D19

triadic

#BC3B19 #19BC3B #3B19BC

tetradic

#BC3B19 #49BC19 #199ABC #8D19BC

square

#BC3B19 #49BC19 #199ABC #8D19BC

split-complementary

#BC3B19 #19BC8D #1949BC

monochromatic

#50190B #862A12 #BC3B19 #E3552F #EB8165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B19

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B19	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.171 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da785a',
    500: '#bc3b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b19;
$custom-light: #da785a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.515,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53706,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.13889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B19

secondary

#61B8CF

accent

#CBF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B19

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

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