#BC3D27#BC3D27

#BC3D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D27
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 49.84, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 64.51, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1412 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.167 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7766, 14.1787, 3.4565)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D27 #27A6BC

analogous

#BC275C #BC3D27 #BC8827

triadic

#BC3D27 #27BC3D #3D27BC

tetradic

#BC3D27 #5CBC27 #27A6BC #8827BC

square

#BC3D27 #5CBC27 #27A6BC #8827BC

split-complementary

#BC3D27 #27BC88 #275CBC

monochromatic

#571C12 #892D1C #BC3D27 #D95D47 #E38A7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D27

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D27	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)

#625723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97963',
    500: '#bc3d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d27;
$custom-light: #d97963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.859,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54047,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D27

secondary

#73BECB

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D27

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

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