#BC3B28#BC3B28

#BC3B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B28
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 50.69, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 64.66, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1441 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.169 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6886, 13.9759, 3.5100)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B28 #28A9BC

analogous

#BC285F #BC3B28 #BC8528

triadic

#BC3B28 #28BC3B #3B28BC

tetradic

#BC3B28 #5FBC28 #28A9BC #8528BC

square

#BC3B28 #5FBC28 #28A9BC #8528BC

split-complementary

#BC3B28 #28BC85 #285FBC

monochromatic

#571B13 #8A2B1D #BC3B28 #D85B49 #E3897B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B28

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B28	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97863',
    500: '#bc3b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b28;
$custom-light: #d97863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53833,
    "c": 0.1686,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B28

secondary

#75C0CB

accent

#D2E840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B28

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

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