#BC3048#BC3048

#BC3048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.176 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3048
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 72)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 56.36, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 59.84, 19.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1686 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.176 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9680, 13.2765, 7.4829)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3048 #30BCA4

analogous

#BC308E #BC3048 #BC5E30

triadic

#BC3048 #48BC30 #3048BC

tetradic

#BC3048 #8EBC30 #30BCA4 #5E30BC

square

#BC3048 #8EBC30 #30BCA4 #5E30BC

split-complementary

#BC3048 #30BC5E #308EBC

monochromatic

#5A1723 #8B2435 #BC3048 #D4556B #E08696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BC3048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC3048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3048

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3048	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.176 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7747a',
    500: '#bc3048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3048;
$custom-light: #d7747a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53219,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3048

secondary

#7ECABD

accent

#E3C845

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3048

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

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