#BC3F3F#BC3F3F

#BC3F3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F3F
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 63)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 50.11, 28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 57.42, 29.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1469 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.161 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4162, 14.6086, 6.2884)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F3F #3FBCBC

analogous

#BC3F7E #BC3F3F #BC7E3F

triadic

#BC3F3F #3FBC3F #3F3FBC

tetradic

#BC3F3F #7EBC3F #3FBCBC #7E3FBC

square

#BC3F3F #7EBC3F #3FBCBC #7E3FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F3F #3FBC7E #3F7EBC

monochromatic

#602020 #8E3030 #BC3F3F #CD6B6B #DD9999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC3F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3F3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F3F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F3F	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b74',
    500: '#bc3f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f3f;
$custom-light: #d77b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54597,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F3F

secondary

#8EC9C9

accent

#D9D94E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F3F

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

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