#BC3F31#BC3F31

#BC3F31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F31
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 49)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 49.40, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 61.09, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1418 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.163 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0734, 14.4715, 4.4834)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F31 #31AEBC

analogous

#BC3169 #BC3F31 #BC8531

triadic

#BC3F31 #31BC3F #3F31BC

tetradic

#BC3F31 #69BC31 #31AEBC #8531BC

square

#BC3F31 #69BC31 #31AEBC #8531BC

split-complementary

#BC3F31 #31BC85 #3169BC

monochromatic

#5B1E18 #8B2F24 #BC3F31 #D36457 #E09088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BC3F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3F31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F31

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F31	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6a',
    500: '#bc3f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f31;
$custom-light: #d87b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.043,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54391,
    "c": 0.16325,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F31

secondary

#7FC2CA

accent

#D2E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F31

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

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