#BC3F27#BC3F27

#BC3F27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F27
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 39)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 49.01, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 64.07, 40.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1386 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.165 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8853, 14.3962, 3.4928)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F27 #27A4BC

analogous

#BC275A #BC3F27 #BC8927

triadic

#BC3F27 #27BC3F #3F27BC

tetradic

#BC3F27 #5ABC27 #27A4BC #8927BC

square

#BC3F27 #5ABC27 #27A4BC #8927BC

split-complementary

#BC3F27 #27BC89 #275ABC

monochromatic

#571D12 #892E1C #BC3F27 #D95F47 #E38B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F27

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F27	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a63',
    500: '#bc3f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f27;
$custom-light: #d97a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.664,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54278,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F27

secondary

#73BDCB

accent

#CDE93F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F27

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

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