#BC353A#BC353A

#BC353A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC353A
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 58)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 53.78, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 61.18, 28.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1575 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7783, 13.5465, 5.4175)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC353A #35BCB7

analogous

#BC357D #BC353A #BC7435

triadic

#BC353A #3ABC35 #353ABC

tetradic

#BC353A #7DBC35 #35BCB7 #7435BC

square

#BC353A #7DBC35 #35BCB7 #7435BC

split-complementary

#BC353A #35BC74 #357DBC

monochromatic

#5D1A1D #8C282B #BC353A #D15D61 #DF8D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BC353A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC353A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC353A

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC353A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC353A	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)

#5B5539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc353a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87670',
    500: '#bc353a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc353a;
$custom-light: #d87670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc353a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53438,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC353A

secondary

#84C9C7

accent

#DFDA48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC353A

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

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