#BC3D32#BC3D32

#BC3D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D32
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 50.28, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 61.28, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1448 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.165 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9860, 14.2625, 4.5596)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D32 #32B1BC

analogous

#BC326C #BC3D32 #BC8232

triadic

#BC3D32 #32BC3D #3D32BC

tetradic

#BC3D32 #6CBC32 #32B1BC #8232BC

square

#BC3D32 #6CBC32 #32B1BC #8232BC

split-complementary

#BC3D32 #32BC82 #326CBC

monochromatic

#5B1E18 #8C2D25 #BC3D32 #D36258 #E09089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D32

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D32	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80742E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF173B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6a',
    500: '#bc3d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d32;
$custom-light: #d87a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54174,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D32

secondary

#80C4C9

accent

#D5E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D32

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

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