#BC3257#BC3257

#BC3257 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.175 H 9.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3257
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 87)
HSL	hsl(344, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 56.74, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 57.91, 11.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1723 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.175 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6021, 13.6640, 10.4096)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3257 #32BC97

analogous

#BC329C #BC3257 #BC5232

triadic

#BC3257 #57BC32 #3257BC

tetradic

#BC3257 #9CBC32 #32BC97 #5232BC

square

#BC3257 #9CBC32 #32BC97 #5232BC

split-complementary

#BC3257 #32BC52 #329CBC

monochromatic

#5B182A #8C2541 #BC3257 #D35879 #E089A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3257

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3257	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.175 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67586',
    500: '#bc3257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3257;
$custom-light: #d67586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.913,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53746,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3257

secondary

#80C9B6

accent

#E1B847

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3257

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

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