#BC3C3F#BC3C3F

#BC3C3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C3F
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 63)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 51.35, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 58.23, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1508 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.164 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2545, 14.2853, 6.2345)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C3F #3CBCB9

analogous

#BC3C7F #BC3C3F #BC793C

triadic

#BC3C3F #3FBC3C #3C3FBC

tetradic

#BC3C3F #7FBC3C #3CBCB9 #793CBC

square

#BC3C3F #7FBC3C #3CBCB9 #793CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C3F #3CBC79 #3C7FBC

monochromatic

#5F1E20 #8E2D2F #BC3C3F #CE6769 #DD9597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3C3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C3F

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C3F	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77974',
    500: '#bc3c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c3f;
$custom-light: #d77974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.594,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54257,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C3F

secondary

#8BC9C7

accent

#DBD84D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C3F

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

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