#BC3E38#BC3E38

#BC3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E38
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 50.15, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 59.41, 32.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1456 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.163 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1779, 14.4255, 5.3045)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E38 #38B6BC

analogous

#BC3874 #BC3E38 #BC8038

triadic

#BC3E38 #38BC3E #3E38BC

tetradic

#BC3E38 #74BC38 #38B6BC #8038BC

square

#BC3E38 #74BC38 #38B6BC #8038BC

split-complementary

#BC3E38 #38BC80 #3874BC

monochromatic

#5E1F1C #8D2E2A #BC3E38 #D06661 #DE9490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E38

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E38	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)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6f',
    500: '#bc3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e38;
$custom-light: #d87a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54372,
    "c": 0.16303,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E38

secondary

#87C6C9

accent

#D7DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E38

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

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