#BC3E35#BC3E35

#BC3E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E35
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 50.00, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 60.21, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1445 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.164 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1068, 14.3970, 4.9297)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E35 #35B3BC

analogous

#BC3570 #BC3E35 #BC8235

triadic

#BC3E35 #35BC3E #3E35BC

tetradic

#BC3E35 #70BC35 #35B3BC #8235BC

square

#BC3E35 #70BC35 #35B3BC #8235BC

split-complementary

#BC3E35 #35BC82 #3570BC

monochromatic

#5D1F1A #8C2E28 #BC3E35 #D1655D #DF928D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E35

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E35	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6d',
    500: '#bc3e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e35;
$custom-light: #d87a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54329,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E35

secondary

#84C5C9

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E35

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

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