#BC3E3A#BC3E3A

#BC3E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E3A
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 58)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 50.25, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 58.89, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1464 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.163 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2278, 14.4454, 5.5673)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E3A #3AB8BC

analogous

#BC3A77 #BC3E3A #BC7F3A

triadic

#BC3E3A #3ABC3E #3E3ABC

tetradic

#BC3E3A #77BC3A #3AB8BC #7F3ABC

square

#BC3E3A #77BC3A #3AB8BC #7F3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3E3A #3ABC7F #3A77BC

monochromatic

#5E1F1D #8D2F2C #BC3E3A #CF6764 #DE9593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E3A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E3A	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)

#615939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a70',
    500: '#bc3e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e3a;
$custom-light: #d87a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54402,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E3A

secondary

#89C7C9

accent

#D8DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E3A

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

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