#BC3E31#BC3E31

#BC3E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E31
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 49.82, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 61.33, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1431 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.164 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0186, 14.3617, 4.4652)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E31 #31AFBC

analogous

#BC3169 #BC3E31 #BC8431

triadic

#BC3E31 #31BC3E #3E31BC

tetradic

#BC3E31 #69BC31 #31AFBC #8431BC

square

#BC3E31 #69BC31 #31AFBC #8431BC

split-complementary

#BC3E31 #31BC84 #3169BC

monochromatic

#5B1E18 #8B2E24 #BC3E31 #D36357 #E09088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E31

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E31	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6a',
    500: '#bc3e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e31;
$custom-light: #d87a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54276,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E31

secondary

#7FC3CA

accent

#D3E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E31

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

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