#BC3442#BC3442

#BC3442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.172 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3442
RGB	rgb(188, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 54.59, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 59.76, 24.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1618 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.172 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9528, 13.5441, 6.5589)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3442 #34BCAE

analogous

#BC3486 #BC3442 #BC6A34

triadic

#BC3442 #42BC34 #3442BC

tetradic

#BC3442 #86BC34 #34BCAE #6A34BC

square

#BC3442 #86BC34 #34BCAE #6A34BC

split-complementary

#BC3442 #34BC6A #3486BC

monochromatic

#5C1920 #8C2731 #BC3442 #D25B68 #DF8B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BC3442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC3442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3442

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3442	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE023A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.172 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87576',
    500: '#bc3442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3442;
$custom-light: #d87576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.824,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53477,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3442

secondary

#83C9C2

accent

#E0D048

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3442

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

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