#BC3E2F#BC3E2F

#BC3E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E2F
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 49.73, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 61.91, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1425 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.165 30)
XYZ	xyz(22.9773, 14.3452, 4.2478)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E2F #2FADBC

analogous

#BC2F66 #BC3E2F #BC842F

triadic

#BC3E2F #2FBC3E #3E2FBC

tetradic

#BC3E2F #66BC2F #2FADBC #842FBC

square

#BC3E2F #66BC2F #2FADBC #842FBC

split-complementary

#BC3E2F #2FBC84 #2F66BC

monochromatic

#5A1E17 #8B2E23 #BC3E2F #D46254 #E08F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E2F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E2F	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)

#62582C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a68',
    500: '#bc3e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e2f;
$custom-light: #d87a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54251,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.14342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E2F

secondary

#7DC2CA

accent

#D2E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E2F

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

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