#BC3B34#BC3B34

#BC3B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B34
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 52)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 51.18, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 61.22, 33.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.148 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.167 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9254, 14.0706, 4.7569)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B34 #34B5BC

analogous

#BC3471 #BC3B34 #BC7F34

triadic

#BC3B34 #34BC3B #3B34BC

tetradic

#BC3B34 #71BC34 #34B5BC #7F34BC

square

#BC3B34 #71BC34 #34B5BC #7F34BC

split-complementary

#BC3B34 #34BC7F #3471BC

monochromatic

#5C1D19 #8C2C27 #BC3B34 #D2625B #DF908B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B34

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B34	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)

#5F5732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796c',
    500: '#bc3b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b34;
$custom-light: #d8796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.088,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53978,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B34

secondary

#83C6C9

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B34

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

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