#BC3E32#BC3E32

#BC3E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E32
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 49.86, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 61.05, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1435 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.164 29)
XYZ	xyz(23.0399, 14.3703, 4.5775)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E32 #32B0BC

analogous

#BC326B #BC3E32 #BC8332

triadic

#BC3E32 #32BC3E #3E32BC

tetradic

#BC3E32 #6BBC32 #32B0BC #8332BC

square

#BC3E32 #6BBC32 #32B0BC #8332BC

split-complementary

#BC3E32 #32BC83 #326BBC

monochromatic

#5B1E18 #8C2E25 #BC3E32 #D36358 #E09089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E32

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E32	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)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6a',
    500: '#bc3e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e32;
$custom-light: #d87a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54288,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E32

secondary

#80C3C9

accent

#D4E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E32

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

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