#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
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 50.65, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 64.95, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1438 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.169 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6718, 13.9692, 3.4216)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##BC3B27	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)

#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

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

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