#BC3C38#BC3C38

#BC3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.165 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C38
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 50.97, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 59.91, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1482 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.165 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0712, 14.2120, 5.2690)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C38 #38B8BC

analogous

#BC3876 #BC3C38 #BC7E38

triadic

#BC3C38 #38BC3C #3C38BC

tetradic

#BC3C38 #76BC38 #38B8BC #7E38BC

square

#BC3C38 #76BC38 #38B8BC #7E38BC

split-complementary

#BC3C38 #38BC7E #3876BC

monochromatic

#5E1E1C #8D2D2A #BC3C38 #D06561 #DE9390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C38

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C38	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)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF173C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.165 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8796f',
    500: '#bc3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c38;
$custom-light: #d8796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C38

secondary

#87C7C9

accent

#D9DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C38

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

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