#BC3D2B#BC3D2B

#BC3D2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D2B
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 43)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 49.99, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 63.32, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1425 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.166 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.8464, 14.2067, 3.8242)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D2B #2BAABC

analogous

#BC2B62 #BC3D2B #BC852B

triadic

#BC3D2B #2BBC3D #3D2BBC

tetradic

#BC3D2B #62BC2B #2BAABC #852BBC

square

#BC3D2B #62BC2B #2BAABC #852BBC

split-complementary

#BC3D2B #2BBC85 #2B62BC

monochromatic

#581D14 #8A2D20 #BC3D2B #D65F4E #E28C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D2B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D2B	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)

#615828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF153A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97966',
    500: '#bc3d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d2b;
$custom-light: #d97966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.448,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5409,
    "c": 0.16624,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.14203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D2B

secondary

#78C0CB

accent

#D1E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D2B

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

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