#BC3140#BC3140

#BC3140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.175 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3140
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 55.54, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 60.91, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1644 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.175 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7652, 13.2615, 6.2105)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3140 #31BCAD

analogous

#BC3186 #BC3140 #BC6831

triadic

#BC3140 #40BC31 #3140BC

tetradic

#BC3140 #86BC31 #31BCAD #6831BC

square

#BC3140 #86BC31 #31BCAD #6831BC

split-complementary

#BC3140 #31BC68 #3186BC

monochromatic

#5B181F #8B242F #BC3140 #D35764 #E08891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BC3140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC3140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3140

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3140	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)

#585340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.175 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87474',
    500: '#bc3140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3140;
$custom-light: #d87474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.525,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53155,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3140

secondary

#7FCAC2

accent

#E2D146

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3140

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

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