#BC3539#BC3539

#BC3539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.172 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3539
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 57)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 53.73, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 61.41, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1572 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.172 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7532, 13.5364, 5.2848)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3539 #35BCB8

analogous

#BC357D #BC3539 #BC7435

triadic

#BC3539 #39BC35 #3539BC

tetradic

#BC3539 #7DBC35 #35BCB8 #7435BC

square

#BC3539 #7DBC35 #35BCB8 #7435BC

split-complementary

#BC3539 #35BC74 #357DBC

monochromatic

#5D1A1C #8C282B #BC3539 #D15D60 #DF8D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#BC3539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC3539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3539

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3539	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.172 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8766f',
    500: '#bc3539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3539;
$custom-light: #d8766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53422,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3539

secondary

#84C9C7

accent

#DFDB48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3539

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

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