#BC3D35#BC3D35

#BC3D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.164 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D35
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 50.42, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 60.46, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1458 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.164 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0529, 14.2892, 4.9117)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D35 #35B4BC

analogous

#BC3570 #BC3D35 #BC8135

triadic

#BC3D35 #35BC3D #3D35BC

tetradic

#BC3D35 #70BC35 #35B4BC #8135BC

square

#BC3D35 #70BC35 #35B4BC #8135BC

split-complementary

#BC3D35 #35BC81 #3570BC

monochromatic

#5D1E1A #8C2E28 #BC3D35 #D1645D #DF928D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D35

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D35	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF183C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.164 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6d',
    500: '#bc3d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d35;
$custom-light: #d87a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54215,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D35

secondary

#84C5C9

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D35

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

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