#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
RGBrgb(188, 63, 54)
HSLhsl(4, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(4, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.96, 49.63, 33.16)
CIE-LCHlch(44.96, 59.69, 33.74°)
OKLaboklab(54.46% 0.1436 0.0758)
OKLCHoklch(54.46% 0.162 27.8)
XYZxyz(23.1849, 14.5161, 5.0704)
Luminance0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##BC3F361.005.383.905.38
#FFFFFF5.381.0021.001.00
#0000003.9021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.381.0021.001.00

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

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#BC3F36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva