#BC3C3E#BC3C3E

#BC3C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.164 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C3E
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 51.29, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 58.46, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1505 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.164 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2268, 14.2742, 6.0886)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C3E #3CBCBA

analogous

#BC3C7E #BC3C3E #BC7A3C

triadic

#BC3C3E #3EBC3C #3C3EBC

tetradic

#BC3C3E #7EBC3C #3CBCBA #7A3CBC

square

#BC3C3E #7EBC3C #3CBCBA #7A3CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C3E #3CBC7A #3C7EBC

monochromatic

#5F1E1F #8E2D2F #BC3C3E #CE6768 #DD9596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C3E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C3E	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)

#5F583D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.164 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87973',
    500: '#bc3c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c3e;
$custom-light: #d87973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5424,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C3E

secondary

#8BC9C8

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C3E

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

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