#BC3B38#BC3B38

#BC3B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B38
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.39, 51.37, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.39, 60.16, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1495 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.166 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0193, 14.1082, 5.2517)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B38 #38B9BC

analogous

#BC3877 #BC3B38 #BC7D38

triadic

#BC3B38 #38BC3B #3B38BC

tetradic

#BC3B38 #77BC38 #38B9BC #7D38BC

square

#BC3B38 #77BC38 #38B9BC #7D38BC

split-complementary

#BC3B38 #38BC7D #3877BC

monochromatic

#5E1D1C #8D2C2A #BC3B38 #D06461 #DE9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B38

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B38	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)

#5F5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796f',
    500: '#bc3b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b38;
$custom-light: #d8796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54035,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B38

secondary

#87C7C9

accent

#DADD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B38

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

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