#BC3355#BC3355

#BC3355 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.173 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3355
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 56.24, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 57.70, 12.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1704 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.173 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5647, 13.7182, 9.9996)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3355 #33BC9A

analogous

#BC339A #BC3355 #BC5533

triadic

#BC3355 #55BC33 #3355BC

tetradic

#BC3355 #9ABC33 #33BC9A #5533BC

square

#BC3355 #9ABC33 #33BC9A #5533BC

split-complementary

#BC3355 #33BC55 #339ABC

monochromatic

#5C1929 #8C263F #BC3355 #D25A78 #DF8A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BC3355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BC3355 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3355

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3355	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.173 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77584',
    500: '#bc3355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3355;
$custom-light: #d77584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.109,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53789,
    "c": 0.17345,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3355

secondary

#81C9B8

accent

#E1BB47

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3355

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

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