#BC3F23#BC3F23

#BC3F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F23
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 48.88, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 65.29, 41.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1375 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.166 34)
XYZ	xyz(22.8225, 14.3711, 3.1619)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F23 #23A0BC

analogous

#BC2354 #BC3F23 #BC8B23

triadic

#BC3F23 #23BC3F #3F23BC

tetradic

#BC3F23 #54BC23 #23A0BC #8B23BC

square

#BC3F23 #54BC23 #23A0BC #8B23BC

split-complementary

#BC3F23 #23BC8B #2354BC

monochromatic

#551C10 #882E19 #BC3F23 #DC5D41 #E58974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F23

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F23	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF183A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a60',
    500: '#bc3f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f23;
$custom-light: #d97a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54241,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.14368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F23

secondary

#6FBBCC

accent

#CBEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F23

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

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