#BC3B29#BC3B29

#BC3B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.168 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B29
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 41)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 50.73, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 64.36, 37.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1444 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.168 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.7058, 13.9828, 3.6008)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B29 #29AABC

analogous

#BC2960 #BC3B29 #BC8529

triadic

#BC3B29 #29BC3B #3B29BC

tetradic

#BC3B29 #60BC29 #29AABC #8529BC

square

#BC3B29 #60BC29 #29AABC #8529BC

split-complementary

#BC3B29 #29BC85 #2960BC

monochromatic

#581B13 #8A2B1E #BC3B29 #D85C4B #E3897D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B29

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B29	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.168 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97864',
    500: '#bc3b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b29;
$custom-light: #d97864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53843,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B29

secondary

#76C0CB

accent

#D3E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B29

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

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