#BC3B35#BC3B35

#BC3B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B35
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 51.23, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 60.95, 32.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1484 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.166 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9481, 14.0797, 4.8768)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B35 #35B6BC

analogous

#BC3572 #BC3B35 #BC7F35

triadic

#BC3B35 #35BC3B #3B35BC

tetradic

#BC3B35 #72BC35 #35B6BC #7F35BC

square

#BC3B35 #72BC35 #35B6BC #7F35BC

split-complementary

#BC3B35 #35BC7F #3572BC

monochromatic

#5D1D1A #8C2C28 #BC3B35 #D1625D #DF908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B35

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B35	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796c',
    500: '#bc3b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b35;
$custom-light: #d8796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53992,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B35

secondary

#84C6C9

accent

#D9DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B35

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

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