#BC3B26#BC3B26

#BC3B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B26
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 50.62, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 65.25, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1435 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.169 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6555, 13.9626, 3.3355)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B26 #26A7BC

analogous

#BC265C #BC3B26 #BC8626

triadic

#BC3B26 #26BC3B #3B26BC

tetradic

#BC3B26 #5CBC26 #26A7BC #8626BC

square

#BC3B26 #5CBC26 #26A7BC #8626BC

split-complementary

#BC3B26 #26BC86 #265CBC

monochromatic

#561B11 #892B1C #BC3B26 #DA5A46 #E48879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B26

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B26	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0D37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97862',
    500: '#bc3b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b26;
$custom-light: #d97862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53813,
    "c": 0.16896,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B26

secondary

#72BFCC

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B26

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

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