#BC3146#BC3146

#BC3146 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.175 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3146
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 70)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 55.89, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 59.87, 21.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1667 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.175 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9452, 13.3336, 7.1586)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3146 #31BCA7

analogous

#BC318C #BC3146 #BC6231

triadic

#BC3146 #46BC31 #3146BC

tetradic

#BC3146 #8CBC31 #31BCA7 #6231BC

square

#BC3146 #8CBC31 #31BCA7 #6231BC

split-complementary

#BC3146 #31BC62 #318CBC

monochromatic

#5B1822 #8B2434 #BC3146 #D3576A #E08895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#BC3146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3146 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3146

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3146	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.175 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77479',
    500: '#bc3146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3146;
$custom-light: #d77479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.935,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53269,
    "c": 0.17458,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3146

secondary

#7FCABE

accent

#E2CA46

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3146

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

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