#BC3D36#BC3D36

#BC3D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.164 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D36
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 50.46, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 60.19, 33.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1462 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.164 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0761, 14.2985, 5.0341)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D36 #36B5BC

analogous

#BC3672 #BC3D36 #BC8036

triadic

#BC3D36 #36BC3D #3D36BC

tetradic

#BC3D36 #72BC36 #36B5BC #8036BC

square

#BC3D36 #72BC36 #36B5BC #8036BC

split-complementary

#BC3D36 #36BC80 #3672BC

monochromatic

#5D1E1B #8C2E28 #BC3D36 #D1645E #DF928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D36

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D36	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)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.164 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6d',
    500: '#bc3d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d36;
$custom-light: #d87a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.134,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54229,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D36

secondary

#85C5C9

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D36

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

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