#BC3F38#BC3F38

#BC3F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F38
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 49.73, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 59.15, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1443 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.162 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2328, 14.5352, 5.3228)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F38 #38B5BC

analogous

#BC3873 #BC3F38 #BC8138

triadic

#BC3F38 #38BC3F #3F38BC

tetradic

#BC3F38 #73BC38 #38B5BC #8138BC

square

#BC3F38 #73BC38 #38B5BC #8138BC

split-complementary

#BC3F38 #38BC81 #3873BC

monochromatic

#5E1F1C #8D2F2A #BC3F38 #D06761 #DE9490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F38

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F38	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6f',
    500: '#bc3f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f38;
$custom-light: #d87b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54487,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F38

secondary

#87C5C9

accent

#D6DD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F38

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

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