#BC3C33#BC3C33

#BC3C33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C33
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 51)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 50.73, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 61.25, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1464 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.166 28)
XYZ	xyz(22.9550, 14.1655, 4.6568)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C33 #33B3BC

analogous

#BC336E #BC3C33 #BC8133

triadic

#BC3C33 #33BC3C #3C33BC

tetradic

#BC3C33 #6EBC33 #33B3BC #8133BC

square

#BC3C33 #6EBC33 #33B3BC #8133BC

split-complementary

#BC3C33 #33BC81 #336EBC

monochromatic

#5C1D19 #8C2D26 #BC3C33 #D2625A #DF908A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C33

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C33	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)

#605731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF153B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796b',
    500: '#bc3c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c33;
$custom-light: #d8796b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54075,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.14162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C33

secondary

#81C5C9

accent

#D6E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C33

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

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