#BC3351#BC3351

#BC3351 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.173 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3351
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 81)
HSL	hsl(347, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 55.94, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 57.98, 15.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1688 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.173 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4103, 13.6564, 9.1862)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3351 #33BC9E

analogous

#BC3396 #BC3351 #BC5933

triadic

#BC3351 #51BC33 #3351BC

tetradic

#BC3351 #96BC33 #33BC9E #5933BC

square

#BC3351 #96BC33 #33BC9E #5933BC

split-complementary

#BC3351 #33BC59 #3396BC

monochromatic

#5C1928 #8C263C #BC3351 #D25A74 #DF8A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3351 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3351

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3351	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)

#575551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.173 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77581',
    500: '#bc3351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3351;
$custom-light: #d77581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.861,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53694,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3351

secondary

#81C9BA

accent

#E1BF47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3351

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

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