#BC3B40#BC3B40

#BC3B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B40
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 51.81, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 58.28, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1525 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.165 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2308, 14.1928, 6.3657)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B40 #3BBCB7

analogous

#BC3B80 #BC3B40 #BC763B

triadic

#BC3B40 #40BC3B #3B40BC

tetradic

#BC3B40 #80BC3B #3BBCB7 #763BBC

square

#BC3B40 #80BC3B #3BBCB7 #763BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B40 #3BBC76 #3B80BC

monochromatic

#5F1E20 #8D2C30 #BC3B40 #CF6569 #DD9497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B40

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B40	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE173E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77975',
    500: '#bc3b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b40;
$custom-light: #d77975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.674,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54164,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B40

secondary

#8AC9C6

accent

#DCD64C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B40

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

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