#BC343B#BC343B

#BC343B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.172 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC343B
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 59)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 54.20, 28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 61.20, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1591 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.172 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7589, 13.4665, 5.5377)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC343B #34BCB5

analogous

#BC347F #BC343B #BC7134

triadic

#BC343B #3BBC34 #343BBC

tetradic

#BC343B #7FBC34 #34BCB5 #7134BC

square

#BC343B #7FBC34 #34BCB5 #7134BC

split-complementary

#BC343B #34BC71 #347FBC

monochromatic

#5C191D #8C272C #BC343B #D25B62 #DF8B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#BC343B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BC343B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC343B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC343B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC343B	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)

#5B543A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc343b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.172 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87571',
    500: '#bc343b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc343b;
$custom-light: #d87571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc343b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.912,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53355,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC343B

secondary

#83C9C6

accent

#E0D848

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC343B

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

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