#BC3E1B#BC3E1B

#BC3E1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.168 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E1B
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 85.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 49.07, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 67.87, 43.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1368 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.168 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6621, 14.2192, 2.5880)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E1B #1B99BC

analogous

#BC1B49 #BC3E1B #BC8E1B

triadic

#BC3E1B #1BBC3E #3E1BBC

tetradic

#BC3E1B #49BC1B #1B99BC #8E1BBC

square

#BC3E1B #49BC1B #1B99BC #8E1BBC

split-complementary

#BC3E1B #1BBC8E #1B49BC

monochromatic

#511B0C #862C13 #BC3E1B #E25933 #E98468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E1B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E1B	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.168 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a5b',
    500: '#bc3e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e1b;
$custom-light: #d97a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5406,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E1B

secondary

#64B8CF

accent

#C9F236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E1B

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

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