#BC3E2C#BC3E2C

#BC3E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E2C
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 49.61, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 62.79, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1415 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.165 31)
XYZ	xyz(22.9188, 14.3218, 3.9400)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E2C #2CAABC

analogous

#BC2C62 #BC3E2C #BC862C

triadic

#BC3E2C #2CBC3E #3E2CBC

tetradic

#BC3E2C #62BC2C #2CAABC #862CBC

square

#BC3E2C #62BC2C #2CAABC #862CBC

split-complementary

#BC3E2C #2CBC86 #2C62BC

monochromatic

#591D15 #8A2E20 #BC3E2C #D6604F #E18D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E2C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E2C	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)

#625829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF183B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a66',
    500: '#bc3e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e2c;
$custom-light: #d97a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54215,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.14318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E2C

secondary

#79C0CA

accent

#D1E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E2C

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

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