#BC3F39#BC3F39

#BC3F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F39
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 49.78, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 58.89, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1447 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.162 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2575, 14.5451, 5.4529)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F39 #39B6BC

analogous

#BC3974 #BC3F39 #BC8039

triadic

#BC3F39 #39BC3F #3F39BC

tetradic

#BC3F39 #74BC39 #39B6BC #8039BC

square

#BC3F39 #74BC39 #39B6BC #8039BC

split-complementary

#BC3F39 #39BC80 #3974BC

monochromatic

#5E201D #8D2F2B #BC3F39 #D06863 #DE9592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F39

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F39	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b6f',
    500: '#bc3f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f39;
$custom-light: #d87b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.748,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54502,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F39

secondary

#88C6C9

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F39

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

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