#BC3249#BC3249

#BC3249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.174 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3249
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 55.74, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 59.16, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1668 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.174 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0846, 13.4570, 7.6839)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3249 #32BCA5

analogous

#BC328E #BC3249 #BC6032

triadic

#BC3249 #49BC32 #3249BC

tetradic

#BC3249 #8EBC32 #32BCA5 #6032BC

square

#BC3249 #8EBC32 #32BCA5 #6032BC

split-complementary

#BC3249 #32BC60 #328EBC

monochromatic

#5B1823 #8C2536 #BC3249 #D3586D #E08997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3249

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3249	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)

#585449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.174 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7757b',
    500: '#bc3249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3249;
$custom-light: #d7757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53423,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3249

secondary

#80C9BD

accent

#E1C747

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3249

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

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