#BC3B30#BC3B30

#BC3B30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B30
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 48)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 51.00, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 62.32, 35.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1466 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.167 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8391, 14.0361, 4.3024)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B30 #30B1BC

analogous

#BC306B #BC3B30 #BC8130

triadic

#BC3B30 #30BC3B #3B30BC

tetradic

#BC3B30 #6BBC30 #30B1BC #8130BC

square

#BC3B30 #6BBC30 #30B1BC #8130BC

split-complementary

#BC3B30 #30BC81 #306BBC

monochromatic

#5A1C17 #8B2C24 #BC3B30 #D45F55 #E08D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B30

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B30	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87969',
    500: '#bc3b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b30;
$custom-light: #d87969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53925,
    "c": 0.16721,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B30

secondary

#7EC4CA

accent

#D6E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B30

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

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