#BC3C19#BC3C19

#BC3C19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C19
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 25)
HSL	hsl(13, 77%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 87%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 86.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 49.85, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 68.85, 43.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1389 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.17 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5330, 13.9967, 2.4347)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C19 #1999BC

analogous

#BC1948 #BC3C19 #BC8D19

triadic

#BC3C19 #19BC3C #3C19BC

tetradic

#BC3C19 #48BC19 #1999BC #8D19BC

square

#BC3C19 #48BC19 #1999BC #8D19BC

split-complementary

#BC3C19 #19BC8D #1948BC

monochromatic

#501A0B #862B12 #BC3C19 #E3562F #EB8265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C19

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C19	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da795a',
    500: '#bc3c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c19;
$custom-light: #da795a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.883,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53818,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C19

secondary

#61B8CF

accent

#CAF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C19

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

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