#BC3049#BC3049

#BC3049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.176 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3049
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 73)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 56.42, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 59.70, 19.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.169 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.176 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0009, 13.2897, 7.6561)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3049 #30BCA3

analogous

#BC308F #BC3049 #BC5D30

triadic

#BC3049 #49BC30 #3049BC

tetradic

#BC3049 #8FBC30 #30BCA3 #5D30BC

square

#BC3049 #8FBC30 #30BCA3 #5D30BC

split-complementary

#BC3049 #30BC5D #308FBC

monochromatic

#5A1723 #8B2436 #BC3049 #D4556C #E08696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3049

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3049	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.176 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7747b',
    500: '#bc3049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3049;
$custom-light: #d7747b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53239,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3049

secondary

#7ECABC

accent

#E3C645

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3049

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

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