#BC3342#BC3342

#BC3342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.173 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3342
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 54.95, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 60.02, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1629 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.173 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9086, 13.4557, 6.5441)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3342 #33BCAD

analogous

#BC3386 #BC3342 #BC6933

triadic

#BC3342 #42BC33 #3342BC

tetradic

#BC3342 #86BC33 #33BCAD #6933BC

square

#BC3342 #86BC33 #33BCAD #6933BC

split-complementary

#BC3342 #33BC69 #3386BC

monochromatic

#5C1920 #8C2631 #BC3342 #D25A67 #DF8A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC3342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC3342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3342

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3342	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)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.173 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87576',
    500: '#bc3342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3342;
$custom-light: #d87576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.431,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5338,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3342

secondary

#81C9C1

accent

#E1D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3342

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

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