#BC3C2B#BC3C2B

#BC3C2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C2B
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 43)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 50.40, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 63.54, 37.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1437 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.167 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7935, 14.1009, 3.8066)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C2B #2BABBC

analogous

#BC2B63 #BC3C2B #BC842B

triadic

#BC3C2B #2BBC3C #3C2BBC

tetradic

#BC3C2B #63BC2B #2BABBC #842BBC

square

#BC3C2B #63BC2B #2BABBC #842BBC

split-complementary

#BC3C2B #2BBC84 #2B63BC

monochromatic

#581C14 #8A2C20 #BC3C2B #D65E4E #E28B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C2B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C2B	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)

#615728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97965',
    500: '#bc3c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c2b;
$custom-light: #d97965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.034,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53977,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C2B

secondary

#78C1CB

accent

#D3E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C2B

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

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