#BC353E#BC353E

#BC353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC353E
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 54.00, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 60.29, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.159 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.171 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8841, 13.5887, 5.9744)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC353E #35BCB3

analogous

#BC3582 #BC353E #BC7035

triadic

#BC353E #3EBC35 #353EBC

tetradic

#BC353E #82BC35 #35BCB3 #7035BC

square

#BC353E #82BC35 #35BCB3 #7035BC

split-complementary

#BC353E #35BC70 #3582BC

monochromatic

#5D1A1F #8C282E #BC353E #D15D65 #DF8D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#BC353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#BC353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC353E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC353E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE033A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87673',
    500: '#bc353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc353e;
$custom-light: #d87673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53504,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC353E

secondary

#84C9C5

accent

#DFD548

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC353E

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

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