#BC3F28#BC3F28

#BC3F28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F28
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 49.04, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 63.77, 39.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1389 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.165 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9021, 14.4030, 3.5812)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F28 #28A5BC

analogous

#BC285B #BC3F28 #BC8928

triadic

#BC3F28 #28BC3F #3F28BC

tetradic

#BC3F28 #5BBC28 #28A5BC #8928BC

square

#BC3F28 #5BBC28 #28A5BC #8928BC

split-complementary

#BC3F28 #28BC89 #285BBC

monochromatic

#571D13 #8A2E1D #BC3F28 #D85F49 #E38C7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F28

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F28	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)

#635924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF193B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b64',
    500: '#bc3f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f28;
$custom-light: #d97b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.324,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54288,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F28

secondary

#75BECB

accent

#CEE840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F28

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

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