#BC343A#BC343A

#BC343A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.172 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC343A
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 58)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 54.15, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 61.42, 28.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1587 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.172 23)
XYZ	xyz(22.7332, 13.4562, 5.4024)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC343A #34BCB6

analogous

#BC347E #BC343A #BC7234

triadic

#BC343A #3ABC34 #343ABC

tetradic

#BC343A #7EBC34 #34BCB6 #7234BC

square

#BC343A #7EBC34 #34BCB6 #7234BC

split-complementary

#BC343A #34BC72 #347EBC

monochromatic

#5C191C #8C272B #BC343A #D25B61 #DF8B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC343A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC343A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC343A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC343A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC343A	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)

#5B5439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc343a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.172 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87570',
    500: '#bc343a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc343a;
$custom-light: #d87570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc343a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53339,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.13453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC343A

secondary

#83C9C6

accent

#E0D948

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC343A

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

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