#BC3B2A#BC3B2A

#BC3B2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B2A
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 42)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 50.76, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 64.06, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1447 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.168 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7235, 13.9899, 3.6938)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B2A #2AABBC

analogous

#BC2A62 #BC3B2A #BC842A

triadic

#BC3B2A #2ABC3B #3B2ABC

tetradic

#BC3B2A #62BC2A #2AABBC #842ABC

square

#BC3B2A #62BC2A #2AABBC #842ABC

split-complementary

#BC3B2A #2ABC84 #2A62BC

monochromatic

#581C14 #8A2B1F #BC3B2A #D75C4C #E28A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B2A

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B2A	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)

#605727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97865',
    500: '#bc3b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b2a;
$custom-light: #d97865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.986,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53854,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B2A

secondary

#77C1CB

accent

#D3E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B2A

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

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