#BC3F2B#BC3F2B

#BC3F2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F2B
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 43)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 49.15, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 62.86, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1399 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.164 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9552, 14.4242, 3.8604)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F2B #2BA8BC

analogous

#BC2B5F #BC3F2B #BC882B

triadic

#BC3F2B #2BBC3F #3F2BBC

tetradic

#BC3F2B #5FBC2B #2BA8BC #882BBC

square

#BC3F2B #5FBC2B #2BA8BC #882BBC

split-complementary

#BC3F2B #2BBC88 #2B5FBC

monochromatic

#581E14 #8A2E20 #BC3F2B #D6614E #E28D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F2B

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F2B	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)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b66',
    500: '#bc3f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f2b;
$custom-light: #d97b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5432,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F2B

secondary

#78BFCB

accent

#CFE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F2B

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

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