#BC343E#BC343E

#BC343E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.172 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC343E
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 54.36, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 60.55, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1602 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.172 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8390, 13.4985, 5.9594)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC343E #34BCB2

analogous

#BC3482 #BC343E #BC6E34

triadic

#BC343E #3EBC34 #343EBC

tetradic

#BC343E #82BC34 #34BCB2 #6E34BC

square

#BC343E #82BC34 #34BCB2 #6E34BC

split-complementary

#BC343E #34BC6E #3482BC

monochromatic

#5C191E #8C272E #BC343E #D25B64 #DF8B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BC343E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BC343E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC343E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC343E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC343E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc343e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.172 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87573',
    500: '#bc343e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc343e;
$custom-light: #d87573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc343e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53405,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC343E

secondary

#83C9C4

accent

#E0D548

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC343E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →