#BC3B33#BC3B33

#BC3B33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B33
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 51)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 51.13, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 61.49, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1477 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.167 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9031, 14.0617, 4.6395)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B33 #33B4BC

analogous

#BC336F #BC3B33 #BC8033

triadic

#BC3B33 #33BC3B #3B33BC

tetradic

#BC3B33 #6FBC33 #33B4BC #8033BC

square

#BC3B33 #6FBC33 #33B4BC #8033BC

split-complementary

#BC3B33 #33BC80 #336FBC

monochromatic

#5C1D19 #8C2C26 #BC3B33 #D2615A #DF8F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3B33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B33

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B33	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)

#605731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF123A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796b',
    500: '#bc3b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b33;
$custom-light: #d8796b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.504,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53964,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B33

secondary

#81C5C9

accent

#D8E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B33

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

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