#BC3B36#BC3B36

#BC3B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B36
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 51.27, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 60.68, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1488 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.166 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9714, 14.0890, 4.9992)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B36 #36B7BC

analogous

#BC3674 #BC3B36 #BC7E36

triadic

#BC3B36 #36BC3B #3B36BC

tetradic

#BC3B36 #74BC36 #36B7BC #7E36BC

square

#BC3B36 #74BC36 #36B7BC #7E36BC

split-complementary

#BC3B36 #36BC7E #3674BC

monochromatic

#5D1D1B #8C2C28 #BC3B36 #D1635E #DF918E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B36

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B36	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)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796d',
    500: '#bc3b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b36;
$custom-light: #d8796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.239,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54006,
    "c": 0.16626,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B36

secondary

#85C6C9

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B36

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

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