#BC3E2E#BC3E2E

#BC3E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E2E
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 49.69, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 62.20, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1421 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.165 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9574, 14.3372, 4.1428)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E2E #2EACBC

analogous

#BC2E65 #BC3E2E #BC852E

triadic

#BC3E2E #2EBC3E #3E2EBC

tetradic

#BC3E2E #65BC2E #2EACBC #852EBC

square

#BC3E2E #65BC2E #2EACBC #852EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E2E #2EBC85 #2E65BC

monochromatic

#5A1E16 #8B2E22 #BC3E2E #D56152 #E18E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E2E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E2E	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a68',
    500: '#bc3e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e2e;
$custom-light: #d87a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.761,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54239,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E2E

secondary

#7CC1CA

accent

#D2E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E2E

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

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