#BC3C3A#BC3C3A

#BC3C3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C3A
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 58)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 51.07, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 59.41, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1489 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.165 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1211, 14.2319, 5.5317)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C3A #3ABABC

analogous

#BC3A79 #BC3C3A #BC7D3A

triadic

#BC3C3A #3ABC3C #3C3ABC

tetradic

#BC3C3A #79BC3A #3ABABC #7D3ABC

square

#BC3C3A #79BC3A #3ABABC #7D3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3C3A #3ABC7D #3A79BC

monochromatic

#5E1E1D #8D2D2C #BC3C3A #CF6664 #DE9493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3C3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C3A

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C3A	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87970',
    500: '#bc3c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c3a;
$custom-light: #d87970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54176,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C3A

secondary

#89C8C9

accent

#DADC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C3A

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

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