#BC3E33#BC3E33

#BC3E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E33
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 51)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 49.91, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 60.76, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1438 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.164 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0617, 14.3790, 4.6924)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E33 #33B1BC

analogous

#BC336C #BC3E33 #BC8333

triadic

#BC3E33 #33BC3E #3E33BC

tetradic

#BC3E33 #6CBC33 #33B1BC #8333BC

square

#BC3E33 #6CBC33 #33B1BC #8333BC

split-complementary

#BC3E33 #33BC83 #336CBC

monochromatic

#5C1E19 #8C2E26 #BC3E33 #D2645A #DF918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E33

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E33	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6b',
    500: '#bc3e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e33;
$custom-light: #d87a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.818,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54302,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E33

secondary

#81C4C9

accent

#D4E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E33

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

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