#BC3C29#BC3C29

#BC3C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C29
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 41)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 50.32, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 64.14, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1431 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.168 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7577, 14.0866, 3.6181)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C29 #29A9BC

analogous

#BC2960 #BC3C29 #BC8529

triadic

#BC3C29 #29BC3C #3C29BC

tetradic

#BC3C29 #60BC29 #29A9BC #8529BC

square

#BC3C29 #60BC29 #29A9BC #8529BC

split-complementary

#BC3C29 #29BC85 #2960BC

monochromatic

#581C13 #8A2C1E #BC3C29 #D85D4B #E38A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C29

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C29	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97964',
    500: '#bc3c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c29;
$custom-light: #d97964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.755,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53955,
    "c": 0.16752,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C29

secondary

#76C0CB

accent

#D2E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C29

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

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