#BC3C36#BC3C36

#BC3C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.165 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C36
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 50.87, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 60.43, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1475 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.165 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0232, 14.1928, 5.0165)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C36 #36B6BC

analogous

#BC3673 #BC3C36 #BC7F36

triadic

#BC3C36 #36BC3C #3C36BC

tetradic

#BC3C36 #73BC36 #36B6BC #7F36BC

square

#BC3C36 #73BC36 #36B6BC #7F36BC

split-complementary

#BC3C36 #36BC7F #3673BC

monochromatic

#5D1E1B #8C2D28 #BC3C36 #D1635E #DF918E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C36

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C36	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)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF163C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.165 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796d',
    500: '#bc3c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c36;
$custom-light: #d8796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54117,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C36

secondary

#85C6C9

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C36

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

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