#BC3B3C#BC3B3C

#BC3B3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.165 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B3C
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 60)
HSL	hsl(360, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 51.58, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 59.18, 29.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.151 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.165 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1211, 14.1489, 5.7876)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B3C #3BBCBB

analogous

#BC3B7C #BC3B3C #BC7A3B

triadic

#BC3B3C #3CBC3B #3B3CBC

tetradic

#BC3B3C #7CBC3B #3BBCBB #7A3BBC

square

#BC3B3C #7CBC3B #3BBCBB #7A3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B3C #3BBC7A #3B7CBC

monochromatic

#5F1E1E #8D2C2D #BC3B3C #CF6566 #DD9495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3B3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B3C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B3C	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE163D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.165 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87972',
    500: '#bc3b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b3c;
$custom-light: #d87972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54097,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B3C

secondary

#8AC9C8

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B3C

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

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