#BC3B1D#BC3B1D

#BC3B1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.171 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B1D
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 29)
HSL	hsl(11, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 50.35, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 67.92, 42.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1411 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.171 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5274, 13.9114, 2.6612)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B1D #1D9EBC

analogous

#BC1D4E #BC3B1D #BC8B1D

triadic

#BC3B1D #1DBC3B #3B1DBC

tetradic

#BC3B1D #4EBC1D #1D9EBC #8B1DBC

square

#BC3B1D #4EBC1D #1D9EBC #8B1DBC

split-complementary

#BC3B1D #1DBC8B #1D4EBC

monochromatic

#521A0D #872A15 #BC3B1D #E05636 #E8836B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B1D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B1D	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.171 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9785c',
    500: '#bc3b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b1d;
$custom-light: #d9785c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53734,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B1D

secondary

#67BBCE

accent

#CDF038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B1D

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

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