#BC3D2A#BC3D2A

#BC3D2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D2A
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 42)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 49.95, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 63.61, 38.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1421 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.166 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8283, 14.1994, 3.7288)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D2A #2AA9BC

analogous

#BC2A60 #BC3D2A #BC862A

triadic

#BC3D2A #2ABC3D #3D2ABC

tetradic

#BC3D2A #60BC2A #2AA9BC #862ABC

square

#BC3D2A #60BC2A #2AA9BC #862ABC

split-complementary

#BC3D2A #2ABC86 #2A60BC

monochromatic

#581D14 #8A2D1F #BC3D2A #D75E4C #E28B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D2A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D2A	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)

#625827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF153A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97965',
    500: '#bc3d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d2a;
$custom-light: #d97965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.808,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54079,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D2A

secondary

#77C0CB

accent

#D1E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D2A

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

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