#BC3142#BC3142

#BC3142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.175 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3142
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 55.65, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 60.54, 23.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1652 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.175 19)
XYZ	xyz(22.8231, 13.2847, 6.5156)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3142 #31BCAB

analogous

#BC3188 #BC3142 #BC6631

triadic

#BC3142 #42BC31 #3142BC

tetradic

#BC3142 #88BC31 #31BCAB #6631BC

square

#BC3142 #88BC31 #31BCAB #6631BC

split-complementary

#BC3142 #31BC66 #3188BC

monochromatic

#5B1820 #8B2431 #BC3142 #D35766 #E08892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#BC3142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#BC3142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3142

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3142	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)

#585342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.175 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87476',
    500: '#bc3142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3142;
$custom-light: #d87476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.662,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53192,
    "c": 0.17465,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.13281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3142

secondary

#7FCAC0

accent

#E2CF46

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3142

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

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