#BC3349#BC3349

#BC3349 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.173 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3349
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 55.38, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 58.89, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1657 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.173 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1278, 13.5434, 7.6983)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3349 #33BCA6

analogous

#BC338E #BC3349 #BC6233

triadic

#BC3349 #49BC33 #3349BC

tetradic

#BC3349 #8EBC33 #33BCA6 #6233BC

square

#BC3349 #8EBC33 #33BCA6 #6233BC

split-complementary

#BC3349 #33BC62 #338EBC

monochromatic

#5C1924 #8C2636 #BC3349 #D25A6D #DF8A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BC3349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC3349 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3349

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3349	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE043C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.173 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7757b',
    500: '#bc3349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3349;
$custom-light: #d7757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53517,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3349

secondary

#81C9BE

accent

#E1C847

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3349

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

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