#BC3B41#BC3B41

#BC3B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B41
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 51.86, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 58.07, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1529 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.165 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.2595, 14.2043, 6.5169)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B41 #3BBCB6

analogous

#BC3B81 #BC3B41 #BC753B

triadic

#BC3B41 #41BC3B #3B41BC

tetradic

#BC3B41 #81BC3B #3BBCB6 #753BBC

square

#BC3B41 #81BC3B #3BBCB6 #753BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B41 #3BBC75 #3B81BC

monochromatic

#5F1E21 #8D2C31 #BC3B41 #CF656A #DD9497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B41

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B41	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)

#5E5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE183E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77975',
    500: '#bc3b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b41;
$custom-light: #d77975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54181,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B41

secondary

#8AC9C6

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B41

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

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