#BC3C3C#BC3C3C

#BC3C3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.164 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C3C
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 60)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 51.18, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 58.92, 29.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1497 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.164 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1730, 14.2527, 5.8049)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C3C #3CBCBC

analogous

#BC3C7C #BC3C3C #BC7C3C

triadic

#BC3C3C #3CBC3C #3C3CBC

tetradic

#BC3C3C #7CBC3C #3CBCBC #7C3CBC

square

#BC3C3C #7CBC3C #3CBCBC #7C3CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C3C #3CBC7C #3C7CBC

monochromatic

#5F1E1E #8E2D2D #BC3C3C #CE6767 #DD9595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C3C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C3C	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.164 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87972',
    500: '#bc3c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c3c;
$custom-light: #d87972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54207,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C3C

secondary

#8BC9C9

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C3C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →