#BC343F#BC343F

#BC343F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.172 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC343F
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 63)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 54.42, 26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 60.34, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1606 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.172 21)
XYZ	xyz(22.8667, 13.5096, 6.1052)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC343F #34BCB1

analogous

#BC3483 #BC343F #BC6D34

triadic

#BC343F #3FBC34 #343FBC

tetradic

#BC343F #83BC34 #34BCB1 #6D34BC

square

#BC343F #83BC34 #34BCB1 #6D34BC

split-complementary

#BC343F #34BC6D #3483BC

monochromatic

#5C191F #8C272F #BC343F #D25B65 #DF8B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#BC343F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BC343F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC343F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC343F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC343F	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc343f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.172 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87574',
    500: '#bc343f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc343f;
$custom-light: #d87574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc343f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53423,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.13506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC343F

secondary

#83C9C4

accent

#E0D448

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC343F

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

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