#BC3F3B#BC3F3B

#BC3F3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F3B
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 59)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 49.89, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 58.38, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1454 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.162 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3084, 14.5655, 5.7209)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F3B #3BB8BC

analogous

#BC3B78 #BC3F3B #BC7F3B

triadic

#BC3F3B #3BBC3F #3F3BBC

tetradic

#BC3F3B #78BC3B #3BB8BC #7F3BBC

square

#BC3F3B #78BC3B #3BB8BC #7F3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3F3B #3BBC7F #3B78BC

monochromatic

#5F201E #8D2F2C #BC3F3B #CF6965 #DD9694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3F3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F3B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F3B	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)

#61593A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b71',
    500: '#bc3f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f3b;
$custom-light: #d87b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.86,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54532,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F3B

secondary

#8AC7C9

accent

#D7DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F3B

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

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