#BC3E41#BC3E41

#BC3E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E41
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 50.65, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 57.24, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.149 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.162 23)
XYZ	xyz(23.4182, 14.5216, 6.5698)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E41 #3EBCB9

analogous

#BC3E80 #BC3E41 #BC7A3E

triadic

#BC3E41 #41BC3E #3E41BC

tetradic

#BC3E41 #80BC3E #3EBCB9 #7A3EBC

square

#BC3E41 #80BC3E #3EBCB9 #7A3EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E41 #3EBC7A #3E80BC

monochromatic

#602021 #8E2F31 #BC3E41 #CE6A6C #DD9899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E41

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E41	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)

#605940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a75',
    500: '#bc3e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e41;
$custom-light: #d77a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.571,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54516,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.14518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E41

secondary

#8DC9C7

accent

#DAD74E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E41

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

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