#BC3E2B#BC3E2B

#BC3E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E2B
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 43)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 49.57, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 63.09, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1412 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.165 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9003, 14.3144, 3.8422)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E2B #2BA9BC

analogous

#BC2B60 #BC3E2B #BC862B

triadic

#BC3E2B #2BBC3E #3E2BBC

tetradic

#BC3E2B #60BC2B #2BA9BC #862BBC

square

#BC3E2B #60BC2B #2BA9BC #862BBC

split-complementary

#BC3E2B #2BBC86 #2B60BC

monochromatic

#581D14 #8A2E20 #BC3E2B #D6604E #E28C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E2B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E2B	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)

#625828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF183B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a66',
    500: '#bc3e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e2b;
$custom-light: #d97a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.862,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54204,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E2B

secondary

#78C0CB

accent

#D0E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E2B

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

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