#BC3D1B#BC3D1B

#BC3D1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D1B
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 85.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.39, 49.49, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.39, 68.08, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1381 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.169 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6083, 14.1114, 2.5700)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D1B #1B9ABC

analogous

#BC1B49 #BC3D1B #BC8E1B

triadic

#BC3D1B #1BBC3D #3D1BBC

tetradic

#BC3D1B #49BC1B #1B9ABC #8E1BBC

square

#BC3D1B #49BC1B #1B9ABC #8E1BBC

split-complementary

#BC3D1B #1BBC8E #1B49BC

monochromatic

#511A0C #862C13 #BC3D1B #E25833 #E98368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D1B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D1B	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da795b',
    500: '#bc3d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d1b;
$custom-light: #da795b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.671,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53945,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D1B

secondary

#64B8CF

accent

#CAF236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D1B

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

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