#BC3C35#BC3C35

#BC3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.165 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C35
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 50.82, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 60.70, 33.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1471 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.165 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0000, 14.1835, 4.8941)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C35 #35B5BC

analogous

#BC3572 #BC3C35 #BC8035

triadic

#BC3C35 #35BC3C #3C35BC

tetradic

#BC3C35 #72BC35 #35B5BC #8035BC

square

#BC3C35 #72BC35 #35B5BC #8035BC

split-complementary

#BC3C35 #35BC80 #3572BC

monochromatic

#5D1E1A #8C2D28 #BC3C35 #D1635D #DF918D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C35

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C35	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF163B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.165 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796d',
    500: '#bc3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c35;
$custom-light: #d8796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54102,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C35

secondary

#84C6C9

accent

#D7DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C35

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

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