#BC3147#BC3147

#BC3147 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.175 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3147
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 71)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 55.96, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 59.72, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1671 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.175 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9771, 13.3463, 7.3262)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3147 #31BCA6

analogous

#BC318D #BC3147 #BC6131

triadic

#BC3147 #47BC31 #3147BC

tetradic

#BC3147 #8DBC31 #31BCA6 #6131BC

square

#BC3147 #8DBC31 #31BCA6 #6131BC

split-complementary

#BC3147 #31BC61 #318DBC

monochromatic

#5B1822 #8B2435 #BC3147 #D3576B #E08896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC3147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3147 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3147

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3147	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.175 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7747a',
    500: '#bc3147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3147;
$custom-light: #d7747a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.504,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53289,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3147

secondary

#7FCABE

accent

#E2C946

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3147

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

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