#BC3E36#BC3E36

#BC3E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.163 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E36
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 50.05, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 59.94, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1449 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.163 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1300, 14.4063, 5.0521)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E36 #36B4BC

analogous

#BC3671 #BC3E36 #BC8136

triadic

#BC3E36 #36BC3E #3E36BC

tetradic

#BC3E36 #71BC36 #36B4BC #8136BC

square

#BC3E36 #71BC36 #36B4BC #8136BC

split-complementary

#BC3E36 #36BC81 #3671BC

monochromatic

#5D1F1B #8C2E28 #BC3E36 #D1655E #DF938E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E36

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E36	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)

#615934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.163 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6d',
    500: '#bc3e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e36;
$custom-light: #d87a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54343,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E36

secondary

#85C5C9

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E36

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

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