#BC3C2F#BC3C2F

#BC3C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C2F
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 50.56, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 62.37, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.145 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.166 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8705, 14.1317, 4.2122)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C2F #2FAFBC

analogous

#BC2F68 #BC3C2F #BC822F

triadic

#BC3C2F #2FBC3C #3C2FBC

tetradic

#BC3C2F #68BC2F #2FAFBC #822FBC

square

#BC3C2F #68BC2F #2FAFBC #822FBC

split-complementary

#BC3C2F #2FBC82 #2F68BC

monochromatic

#5A1D17 #8B2C23 #BC3C2F #D46054 #E08D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C2F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C2F	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF143A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87968',
    500: '#bc3c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c2f;
$custom-light: #d87968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54024,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C2F

secondary

#7DC3CA

accent

#D5E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C2F

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

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