#BC3D28#BC3D28

#BC3D28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.167 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D28
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 49.88, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 64.21, 39.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1415 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.167 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7934, 14.1854, 3.5449)
Luminance	0.1418 (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

#BC3D28 #28A7BC

analogous

#BC285D #BC3D28 #BC8728

triadic

#BC3D28 #28BC3D #3D28BC

tetradic

#BC3D28 #5DBC28 #28A7BC #8728BC

square

#BC3D28 #5DBC28 #28A7BC #8728BC

split-complementary

#BC3D28 #28BC87 #285DBC

monochromatic

#571C13 #8A2D1D #BC3D28 #D85D49 #E38A7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D28

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D28	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.167 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97964',
    500: '#bc3d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d28;
$custom-light: #d97964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.514,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54057,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D28

secondary

#75BFCB

accent

#D0E840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D28

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

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