#BC3C23#BC3C23

#BC3C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C23
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 50.12, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 65.94, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1414 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.169 33)
XYZ	xyz(22.6609, 14.0478, 3.1081)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C23 #23A3BC

analogous

#BC2356 #BC3C23 #BC8823

triadic

#BC3C23 #23BC3C #3C23BC

tetradic

#BC3C23 #56BC23 #23A3BC #8823BC

square

#BC3C23 #56BC23 #23A3BC #8823BC

split-complementary

#BC3C23 #23BC88 #2356BC

monochromatic

#551B10 #882C19 #BC3C23 #DC5A41 #E58774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C23

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C23	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61571F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97960',
    500: '#bc3c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c23;
$custom-light: #d97960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.804,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53896,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C23

secondary

#6FBDCC

accent

#CFEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C23

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

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