#BC3C32#BC3C32

#BC3C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C32
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 50.69, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 61.52, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1461 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.166 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9331, 14.1567, 4.5420)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C32 #32B2BC

analogous

#BC326D #BC3C32 #BC8132

triadic

#BC3C32 #32BC3C #3C32BC

tetradic

#BC3C32 #6DBC32 #32B2BC #8132BC

square

#BC3C32 #6DBC32 #32B2BC #8132BC

split-complementary

#BC3C32 #32BC81 #326DBC

monochromatic

#5B1D18 #8C2D25 #BC3C32 #D36158 #E08F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C32

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C32	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)

#605730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF153B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796a',
    500: '#bc3c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c32;
$custom-light: #d8796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54062,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C32

secondary

#80C4C9

accent

#D6E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C32

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

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