#BC3C26#BC3C26

#BC3C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C26
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 50.22, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 65.04, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1422 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.168 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7074, 14.0664, 3.3528)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C26 #26A6BC

analogous

#BC265B #BC3C26 #BC8726

triadic

#BC3C26 #26BC3C #3C26BC

tetradic

#BC3C26 #5BBC26 #26A6BC #8726BC

square

#BC3C26 #5BBC26 #26A6BC #8726BC

split-complementary

#BC3C26 #26BC87 #265BBC

monochromatic

#561C11 #892C1C #BC3C26 #DA5B46 #E48879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C26

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C26	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)

#615722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97962',
    500: '#bc3c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c26;
$custom-light: #d97962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53924,
    "c": 0.16807,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C26

secondary

#72BECC

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C26

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

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