#BC3149#BC3149

#BC3149 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.175 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3149
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 56.08, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 59.43, 19.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% 0.1679 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.175 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0423, 13.3724, 7.6698)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3149 #31BCA4

analogous

#BC318F #BC3149 #BC5F31

triadic

#BC3149 #49BC31 #3149BC

tetradic

#BC3149 #8FBC31 #31BCA4 #5F31BC

square

#BC3149 #8FBC31 #31BCA4 #5F31BC

split-complementary

#BC3149 #31BC5F #318FBC

monochromatic

#5B1823 #8B2436 #BC3149 #D3576C #E08897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#BC3149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#BC3149 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3149

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3149	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)

#575449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.175 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7747b',
    500: '#bc3149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3149;
$custom-light: #d7747b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.64,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5333,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3149

secondary

#7FCABD

accent

#E2C746

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3149

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

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