#BC3D39#BC3D39

#BC3D39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D39
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 57)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 50.61, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 59.40, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1473 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.164 26)
XYZ	xyz(23.1488, 14.3276, 5.4167)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D39 #39B8BC

analogous

#BC3976 #BC3D39 #BC7E39

triadic

#BC3D39 #39BC3D #3D39BC

tetradic

#BC3D39 #76BC39 #39B8BC #7E39BC

square

#BC3D39 #76BC39 #39B8BC #7E39BC

split-complementary

#BC3D39 #39BC7E #3976BC

monochromatic

#5E1F1D #8D2E2B #BC3D39 #D06663 #DE9492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D39

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D39	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6f',
    500: '#bc3d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d39;
$custom-light: #d87a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54273,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D39

secondary

#88C7C9

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D39

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

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