#BC353D#BC353D

#BC353D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC353D
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, 53.94, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 60.51, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1587 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.171 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8569, 13.5779, 5.8312)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC353D #35BCB4

analogous

#BC3581 #BC353D #BC7035

triadic

#BC353D #3DBC35 #353DBC

tetradic

#BC353D #81BC35 #35BCB4 #7035BC

square

#BC353D #81BC35 #35BCB4 #7035BC

split-complementary

#BC353D #35BC70 #3581BC

monochromatic

#5D1A1E #8C282E #BC353D #D15D64 #DF8D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#BC353D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#BC353D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC353D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC353D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC353D	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc353d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87672',
    500: '#bc353d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc353d;
$custom-light: #d87672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc353d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53487,
    "c": 0.17118,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC353D

secondary

#84C9C5

accent

#DFD648

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC353D

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

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