#BC3246#BC3246

#BC3246 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.174 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3246
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 70)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 55.54, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 59.60, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1656 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.174 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9875, 13.4181, 7.1727)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3246 #32BCA8

analogous

#BC328B #BC3246 #BC6332

triadic

#BC3246 #46BC32 #3246BC

tetradic

#BC3246 #8BBC32 #32BCA8 #6332BC

square

#BC3246 #8BBC32 #32BCA8 #6332BC

split-complementary

#BC3246 #32BC63 #328BBC

monochromatic

#5B1822 #8C2534 #BC3246 #D3586A #E08995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#BC3246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC3246 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3246

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3246	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.174 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77579',
    500: '#bc3246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3246;
$custom-light: #d77579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53362,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3246

secondary

#80C9BF

accent

#E1CB47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3246

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

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