#BC3245#BC3245

#BC3245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.174 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3245
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, 55.48, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 59.76, 21.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1652 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.174 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9562, 13.4056, 7.0078)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3245 #32BCA9

analogous

#BC328A #BC3245 #BC6432

triadic

#BC3245 #45BC32 #3245BC

tetradic

#BC3245 #8ABC32 #32BCA9 #6432BC

square

#BC3245 #8ABC32 #32BCA9 #6432BC

split-complementary

#BC3245 #32BC64 #328ABC

monochromatic

#5B1822 #8C2533 #BC3245 #D35869 #E08995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC3245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC3245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3245

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3245	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)

#585445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.174 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77578',
    500: '#bc3245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3245;
$custom-light: #d77578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53342,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3245

secondary

#80C9BF

accent

#E1CC47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3245

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

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