#BC3C2E#BC3C2E

#BC3C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C2E
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 50.51, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 62.66, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1447 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.167 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8506, 14.1237, 4.1072)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C2E #2EAEBC

analogous

#BC2E67 #BC3C2E #BC832E

triadic

#BC3C2E #2EBC3C #3C2EBC

tetradic

#BC3C2E #67BC2E #2EAEBC #832EBC

square

#BC3C2E #67BC2E #2EAEBC #832EBC

split-complementary

#BC3C2E #2EBC83 #2E67BC

monochromatic

#5A1D16 #8B2C22 #BC3C2E #D55F52 #E18D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C2E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C2E	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF133A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87968',
    500: '#bc3c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c2e;
$custom-light: #d87968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.915,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54012,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C2E

secondary

#7CC2CA

accent

#D4E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C2E

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

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