#BC314B#BC314B

#BC314B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.175 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC314B
RGB	rgb(188, 49, 75)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 56.22, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 59.18, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1687 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.175 15)
XYZ	xyz(23.1097, 13.3993, 8.0247)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC314B #31BCA2

analogous

#BC3191 #BC314B #BC5D31

triadic

#BC314B #4BBC31 #314BBC

tetradic

#BC314B #91BC31 #31BCA2 #5D31BC

square

#BC314B #91BC31 #31BCA2 #5D31BC

split-complementary

#BC314B #31BC5D #3191BC

monochromatic

#5B1824 #8B2438 #BC314B #D3576E #E08898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC314B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC314B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC314B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC314B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC314B	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57544B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc314b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 49, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.175 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7747d',
    500: '#bc314b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc314b;
$custom-light: #d7747d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc314b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.777,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53373,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.13396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC314B

secondary

#7FCABC

accent

#E2C546

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC314B

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

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