#BC3D37#BC3D37

#BC3D37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.164 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D37
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 50.51, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 59.92, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1466 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.164 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0999, 14.3080, 5.1591)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D37 #37B6BC

analogous

#BC3773 #BC3D37 #BC8037

triadic

#BC3D37 #37BC3D #3D37BC

tetradic

#BC3D37 #73BC37 #37B6BC #8037BC

square

#BC3D37 #73BC37 #37B6BC #8037BC

split-complementary

#BC3D37 #37BC80 #3773BC

monochromatic

#5D1E1B #8D2E29 #BC3D37 #D06560 #DE938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D37

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D37	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)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.164 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6e',
    500: '#bc3d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d37;
$custom-light: #d87a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.707,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54243,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D37

secondary

#86C6C9

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D37

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

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