#BC3C40#BC3C40

#BC3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C40
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 51.40, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 58.01, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1512 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.164 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2827, 14.2966, 6.3830)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C40 #3CBCB8

analogous

#BC3C80 #BC3C40 #BC783C

triadic

#BC3C40 #40BC3C #3C40BC

tetradic

#BC3C40 #80BC3C #3CBCB8 #783CBC

square

#BC3C40 #80BC3C #3CBCB8 #783CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C40 #3CBC78 #3C80BC

monochromatic

#5F1E20 #8E2D30 #BC3C40 #CE676A #DD9597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C40

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C40	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77975',
    500: '#bc3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c40;
$custom-light: #d77975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54274,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C40

secondary

#8BC9C7

accent

#DBD74D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C40

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

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