#BC3248#BC3248

#BC3248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.174 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3248
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 72)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 55.67, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 59.30, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1664 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.174 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0517, 13.4438, 7.5107)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3248 #32BCA6

analogous

#BC328D #BC3248 #BC6132

triadic

#BC3248 #48BC32 #3248BC

tetradic

#BC3248 #8DBC32 #32BCA6 #6132BC

square

#BC3248 #8DBC32 #32BCA6 #6132BC

split-complementary

#BC3248 #32BC61 #328DBC

monochromatic

#5B1823 #8C2535 #BC3248 #D3586C #E08997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3248

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3248	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.174 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7757a',
    500: '#bc3248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3248;
$custom-light: #d7757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.435,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53402,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3248

secondary

#80C9BE

accent

#E1C947

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3248

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

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