#BC3D38#BC3D38

#BC3D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D38
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 50.56, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 59.66, 32.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1469 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.164 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1241, 14.3177, 5.2866)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D38 #38B7BC

analogous

#BC3875 #BC3D38 #BC7F38

triadic

#BC3D38 #38BC3D #3D38BC

tetradic

#BC3D38 #75BC38 #38B7BC #7F38BC

square

#BC3D38 #75BC38 #38B7BC #7F38BC

split-complementary

#BC3D38 #38BC7F #3875BC

monochromatic

#5E1E1C #8D2E2A #BC3D38 #D06561 #DE9390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D38

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D38	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)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6f',
    500: '#bc3d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d38;
$custom-light: #d87a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54258,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D38

secondary

#87C6C9

accent

#D8DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D38

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

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