#BC3E3C#BC3E3C

#BC3E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.162 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E3C
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 60)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 50.36, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 58.40, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1471 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.162 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2797, 14.4662, 5.8405)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E3C #3CBABC

analogous

#BC3C7A #BC3E3C #BC7E3C

triadic

#BC3E3C #3CBC3E #3E3CBC

tetradic

#BC3E3C #7ABC3C #3CBABC #7E3CBC

square

#BC3E3C #7ABC3C #3CBABC #7E3CBC

split-complementary

#BC3E3C #3CBC7E #3C7ABC

monochromatic

#5F1F1E #8E2F2D #BC3E3C #CE6867 #DD9695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BC3E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E3C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E3C	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.162 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a72',
    500: '#bc3e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e3c;
$custom-light: #d87a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.938,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54433,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E3C

secondary

#8BC8C9

accent

#D9DB4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E3C

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

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