#BC3B31#BC3B31

#BC3B31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.167 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B31
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 51.05, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 62.04, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.147 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.167 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8599, 14.0444, 4.4123)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B31 #31B2BC

analogous

#BC316C #BC3B31 #BC8131

triadic

#BC3B31 #31BC3B #3B31BC

tetradic

#BC3B31 #6CBC31 #31B2BC #8131BC

square

#BC3B31 #6CBC31 #31B2BC #8131BC

split-complementary

#BC3B31 #31BC81 #316CBC

monochromatic

#5B1D18 #8B2C24 #BC3B31 #D36057 #E08E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B31

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B31	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF113A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.167 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796a',
    500: '#bc3b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b31;
$custom-light: #d8796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53938,
    "c": 0.16704,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B31

secondary

#7FC4CA

accent

#D7E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B31

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

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