#BC3E40#BC3E40

#BC3E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E40
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 50.59, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 57.46, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1486 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.162 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3895, 14.5101, 6.4186)
Luminance	0.1451 (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

#BC3E40 #3EBCBA

analogous

#BC3E7F #BC3E40 #BC7B3E

triadic

#BC3E40 #40BC3E #3E40BC

tetradic

#BC3E40 #7FBC3E #3EBCBA #7B3EBC

square

#BC3E40 #7FBC3E #3EBCBA #7B3EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E40 #3EBC7B #3E7FBC

monochromatic

#602021 #8E2F30 #BC3E40 #CE6A6B #DD9899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E40

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E40	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a75',
    500: '#bc3e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e40;
$custom-light: #d77a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54499,
    "c": 0.16196,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E40

secondary

#8DC9C8

accent

#DAD84E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E40

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

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