#BC3F41#BC3F41

#BC3F41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F41
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 65)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 50.23, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 56.97, 28.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1477 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.161 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4731, 14.6313, 6.5881)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F41 #3FBCBA

analogous

#BC3F80 #BC3F41 #BC7C3F

triadic

#BC3F41 #41BC3F #3F41BC

tetradic

#BC3F41 #80BC3F #3FBCBA #7C3FBC

square

#BC3F41 #80BC3F #3FBCBA #7C3FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F41 #3FBC7C #3F80BC

monochromatic

#602021 #8E3031 #BC3F41 #CD6B6C #DD999A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC3F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC3F41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F41

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F41	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b75',
    500: '#bc3f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f41;
$custom-light: #d77b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.04,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54631,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F41

secondary

#8EC9C8

accent

#D9D74E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F41

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

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