#BC3E39#BC3E39

#BC3E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E39
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 57)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 50.20, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 59.15, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.146 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.163 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2026, 14.4354, 5.4346)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E39 #39B7BC

analogous

#BC3975 #BC3E39 #BC7F39

triadic

#BC3E39 #39BC3E #3E39BC

tetradic

#BC3E39 #75BC39 #39B7BC #7F39BC

square

#BC3E39 #75BC39 #39B7BC #7F39BC

split-complementary

#BC3E39 #39BC7F #3975BC

monochromatic

#5E1F1D #8D2F2B #BC3E39 #D06763 #DE9492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E39

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E39	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a6f',
    500: '#bc3e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e39;
$custom-light: #d87a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.29,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54387,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E39

secondary

#88C6C9

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E39

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

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