#BC3435#BC3435

#BC3435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.173 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3435
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 53)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, 53.91, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 62.63, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1568 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.173 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6122, 13.4078, 4.7648)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3435 #34BCBB

analogous

#BC3479 #BC3435 #BC7734

triadic

#BC3435 #35BC34 #3435BC

tetradic

#BC3435 #79BC34 #34BCBB #7734BC

square

#BC3435 #79BC34 #34BCBB #7734BC

split-complementary

#BC3435 #34BC77 #3479BC

monochromatic

#5C191A #8C2727 #BC3435 #D25B5C #DF8B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BC3435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BC3435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3435

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3435	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.173 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8756c',
    500: '#bc3435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3435;
$custom-light: #d8756c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53263,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3435

secondary

#83C9C9

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3435

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

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