#BC3B27#BC3B27

#BC3B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC3B27
RGBrgb(188, 59, 39)
HSLhsl(8, 66%, 45%)
HSVhsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.19, 50.65, 40.66)
CIE-LCHlch(44.19, 64.95, 38.75°)
OKLaboklab(53.82% 0.1438 0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(53.82% 0.169 31.6)
XYZxyz(22.6718, 13.9692, 3.4216)
Luminance0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC3B27 #27A8BC
analogous
#BC275D #BC3B27 #BC8627
triadic
#BC3B27 #27BC3B #3B27BC
tetradic
#BC3B27 #5DBC27 #27A8BC #8627BC
square
#BC3B27 #5DBC27 #27A8BC #8627BC
split-complementary
#BC3B27 #27BC86 #275DBC
monochromatic
#571B12 #892B1C #BC3B27 #D95B47 #E3887A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54
#BC3B27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79
#BC3B27 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B27
5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC3B27#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC3B271.005.543.795.54
#FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00
#0000003.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615624
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#817321
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF0E37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc3b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 31.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97863',
    500: '#bc3b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc3b27;
$custom-light: #d97863;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc3b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.054,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53823,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC3B27
secondary
#73C0CB
accent
#D2E93F
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FDEEEA
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B27

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#BC3B27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva