#BC3E37#BC3E37

#BC3E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E37
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 50.10, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 59.67, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1453 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.163 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1537, 14.4158, 5.1770)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E37 #37B5BC

analogous

#BC3772 #BC3E37 #BC8137

triadic

#BC3E37 #37BC3E #3E37BC

tetradic

#BC3E37 #72BC37 #37B5BC #8137BC

square

#BC3E37 #72BC37 #37B5BC #8137BC

split-complementary

#BC3E37 #37BC81 #3772BC

monochromatic

#5D1F1B #8D2E29 #BC3E37 #D06660 #DE938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E37

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E37	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)

#615935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6e',
    500: '#bc3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e37;
$custom-light: #d87a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54357,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E37

secondary

#86C5C9

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E37

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

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