#BC3B3E#BC3B3E

#BC3B3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.165 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B3E
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 51.69, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 58.72, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1517 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.165 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1749, 14.1704, 6.0714)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B3E #3BBCB9

analogous

#BC3B7E #BC3B3E #BC783B

triadic

#BC3B3E #3EBC3B #3B3EBC

tetradic

#BC3B3E #7EBC3B #3BBCB9 #783BBC

square

#BC3B3E #7EBC3B #3BBCB9 #783BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B3E #3BBC78 #3B7EBC

monochromatic

#5F1E1F #8D2C2F #BC3B3E #CF6568 #DD9496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B3E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B3E	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)

#5E583D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE173D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.165 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87973',
    500: '#bc3b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b3e;
$custom-light: #d87973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5413,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B3E

secondary

#8AC9C7

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B3E

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

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