#BC3F36#BC3F36

#BC3F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F36
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 49.63, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 59.69, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1436 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.162 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1849, 14.5161, 5.0704)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F36 #36B3BC

analogous

#BC3670 #BC3F36 #BC8236

triadic

#BC3F36 #36BC3F #3F36BC

tetradic

#BC3F36 #70BC36 #36B3BC #8236BC

square

#BC3F36 #70BC36 #36B3BC #8236BC

split-complementary

#BC3F36 #36BC82 #3670BC

monochromatic

#5D1F1B #8C2F28 #BC3F36 #D1665E #DF938E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F36

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F36	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6d',
    500: '#bc3f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f36;
$custom-light: #d87b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.03,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54458,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F36

secondary

#85C4C9

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F36

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

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