#BC3E29#BC3E29

#BC3E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E29
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 41)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 49.50, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 63.69, 39.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1406 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.166 32)
XYZ	xyz(22.8645, 14.3001, 3.6536)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E29 #29A7BC

analogous

#BC295E #BC3E29 #BC8729

triadic

#BC3E29 #29BC3E #3E29BC

tetradic

#BC3E29 #5EBC29 #29A7BC #8729BC

square

#BC3E29 #5EBC29 #29A7BC #8729BC

split-complementary

#BC3E29 #29BC87 #295EBC

monochromatic

#581D13 #8A2D1E #BC3E29 #D85F4B #E38B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E29

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E29	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)

#625826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF173A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a64',
    500: '#bc3e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e29;
$custom-light: #d97a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54183,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.14297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E29

secondary

#76BFCB

accent

#CFE741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E29

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

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