#BC3F2C#BC3F2C

#BC3F2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F2C
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 49.19, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 62.56, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1402 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.164 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9737, 14.4316, 3.9583)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F2C #2CA9BC

analogous

#BC2C61 #BC3F2C #BC872C

triadic

#BC3F2C #2CBC3F #3F2CBC

tetradic

#BC3F2C #61BC2C #2CA9BC #872CBC

square

#BC3F2C #61BC2C #2CA9BC #872CBC

split-complementary

#BC3F2C #2CBC87 #2C61BC

monochromatic

#591E15 #8A2E20 #BC3F2C #D6614F #E18E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F2C

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F2C	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b66',
    500: '#bc3f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f2c;
$custom-light: #d87b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.917,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54332,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F2C

secondary

#79C0CA

accent

#D0E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F2C

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

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