#BC3C27#BC3C27

#BC3C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C27
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 50.25, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 64.73, 39.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1425 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.168 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7237, 14.0730, 3.4389)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C27 #27A7BC

analogous

#BC275D #BC3C27 #BC8627

triadic

#BC3C27 #27BC3C #3C27BC

tetradic

#BC3C27 #5DBC27 #27A7BC #8627BC

square

#BC3C27 #5DBC27 #27A7BC #8627BC

split-complementary

#BC3C27 #27BC86 #275DBC

monochromatic

#571C12 #892C1C #BC3C27 #D95C47 #E3897A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C27

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C27	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)

#615723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97963',
    500: '#bc3c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c27;
$custom-light: #d97963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.456,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53934,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C27

secondary

#73BFCB

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C27

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

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