#BC3B2B#BC3B2B

#BC3B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B2B
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 43)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 50.80, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 63.77, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.145 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7416, 13.9971, 3.7893)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B2B #2BACBC

analogous

#BC2B63 #BC3B2B #BC842B

triadic

#BC3B2B #2BBC3B #3B2BBC

tetradic

#BC3B2B #63BC2B #2BACBC #842BBC

square

#BC3B2B #63BC2B #2BACBC #842BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B2B #2BBC84 #2B63BC

monochromatic

#581C14 #8A2B20 #BC3B2B #D65D4E #E28A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B2B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B2B	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)

#605728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97865',
    500: '#bc3b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b2b;
$custom-light: #d97865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.621,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53865,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B2B

secondary

#78C1CB

accent

#D4E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B2B

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

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