#BC3C31#BC3C31

#BC3C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.166 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C31
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 49)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 50.64, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 61.80, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1457 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.166 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9118, 14.1482, 4.4296)
Luminance	0.1414 (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

#BC3C31 #31B1BC

analogous

#BC316C #BC3C31 #BC8231

triadic

#BC3C31 #31BC3C #3C31BC

tetradic

#BC3C31 #6CBC31 #31B1BC #8231BC

square

#BC3C31 #6CBC31 #31B1BC #8231BC

split-complementary

#BC3C31 #31BC82 #316CBC

monochromatic

#5B1D18 #8B2D24 #BC3C31 #D36157 #E08F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C31

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C31	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF143A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.166 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796a',
    500: '#bc3c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c31;
$custom-light: #d8796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54049,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C31

secondary

#7FC4CA

accent

#D6E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C31

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

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