#BC353B#BC353B

#BC353B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC353B
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 59)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 53.84, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 60.95, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1579 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.171 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8040, 13.5567, 5.5528)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC353B #35BCB6

analogous

#BC357F #BC353B #BC7235

triadic

#BC353B #3BBC35 #353BBC

tetradic

#BC353B #7FBC35 #35BCB6 #7235BC

square

#BC353B #7FBC35 #35BCB6 #7235BC

split-complementary

#BC353B #35BC72 #357FBC

monochromatic

#5D1A1D #8C282C #BC353B #D15D62 #DF8D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#BC353B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC353B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC353B

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC353B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC353B	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)

#5B553A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc353b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87671',
    500: '#bc353b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc353b;
$custom-light: #d87671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc353b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53454,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC353B

secondary

#84C9C6

accent

#DFD948

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC353B

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

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