#BC3243#BC3243

#BC3243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.174 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3243
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 55.36, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 60.10, 22.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.1644 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.174 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8952, 13.3812, 6.6864)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3243 #32BCAB

analogous

#BC3288 #BC3243 #BC6632

triadic

#BC3243 #43BC32 #3243BC

tetradic

#BC3243 #88BC32 #32BCAB #6632BC

square

#BC3243 #88BC32 #32BCAB #6632BC

split-complementary

#BC3243 #32BC66 #3288BC

monochromatic

#5B1821 #8C2532 #BC3243 #D35868 #E08994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC3243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC3243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3243

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3243	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)

#585443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.174 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87577',
    500: '#bc3243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3243;
$custom-light: #d87577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.609,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53304,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3243

secondary

#80C9C0

accent

#E1CE47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3243

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

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