#BC3D1E#BC3D1E

#BC3D1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.169 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D1E
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 30)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 49.56, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 67.21, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1388 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.169 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6448, 14.1260, 2.7623)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D1E #1E9DBC

analogous

#BC1E4E #BC3D1E #BC8C1E

triadic

#BC3D1E #1EBC3D #3D1EBC

tetradic

#BC3D1E #4EBC1E #1E9DBC #8C1EBC

square

#BC3D1E #4EBC1E #1E9DBC #8C1EBC

split-complementary

#BC3D1E #1EBC8C #1E4EBC

monochromatic

#521B0D #872C16 #BC3D1E #DF5938 #E8856D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D1E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D1E	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.169 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9795d',
    500: '#bc3d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d1e;
$custom-light: #d9795d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.772,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53967,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D1E

secondary

#68BACE

accent

#CBEF39

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D1E

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

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