#BC3F2A#BC3F2A

#BC3F2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F2A
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 42)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 49.12, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 63.16, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1396 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.165 32)
XYZ	xyz(22.9370, 14.4169, 3.7650)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F2A #2AA7BC

analogous

#BC2A5E #BC3F2A #BC882A

triadic

#BC3F2A #2ABC3F #3F2ABC

tetradic

#BC3F2A #5EBC2A #2AA7BC #882ABC

square

#BC3F2A #5EBC2A #2AA7BC #882ABC

split-complementary

#BC3F2A #2ABC88 #2A5EBC

monochromatic

#581D14 #8A2E1F #BC3F2A #D7604C #E28D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F2A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F2A	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)

#635927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b65',
    500: '#bc3f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f2a;
$custom-light: #d97b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.63,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54309,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.14414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F2A

secondary

#77BFCB

accent

#CFE741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F2A

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

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