#BC3D26#BC3D26

#BC3D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D26
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 49.81, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 64.82, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1409 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.167 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7602, 14.1722, 3.3704)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D26 #26A5BC

analogous

#BC265A #BC3D26 #BC8826

triadic

#BC3D26 #26BC3D #3D26BC

tetradic

#BC3D26 #5ABC26 #26A5BC #8826BC

square

#BC3D26 #5ABC26 #26A5BC #8826BC

split-complementary

#BC3D26 #26BC88 #265ABC

monochromatic

#561C11 #892C1C #BC3D26 #DA5C46 #E48979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D26

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D26	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97962',
    500: '#bc3d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d26;
$custom-light: #d97962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54037,
    "c": 0.16717,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D26

secondary

#72BECC

accent

#CFE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D26

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

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