#BC3B2E#BC3B2E

#BC3B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B2E
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 50.92, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 62.89, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.146 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.168 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7987, 14.0199, 4.0899)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B2E #2EAFBC

analogous

#BC2E68 #BC3B2E #BC822E

triadic

#BC3B2E #2EBC3B #3B2EBC

tetradic

#BC3B2E #68BC2E #2EAFBC #822EBC

square

#BC3B2E #68BC2E #2EAFBC #822EBC

split-complementary

#BC3B2E #2EBC82 #2E68BC

monochromatic

#5A1C16 #8B2C22 #BC3B2E #D55E52 #E18C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B2E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B2E	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97968',
    500: '#bc3b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b2e;
$custom-light: #d97968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.493,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.539,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B2E

secondary

#7CC3CA

accent

#D5E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B2E

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

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