#BC353F#BC353F

#BC353F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.171 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC353F
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 63)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 54.05, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 60.08, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1594 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.171 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9118, 13.5998, 6.1203)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC353F #35BCB2

analogous

#BC3582 #BC353F #BC6F35

triadic

#BC353F #3FBC35 #353FBC

tetradic

#BC353F #82BC35 #35BCB2 #6F35BC

square

#BC353F #82BC35 #35BCB2 #6F35BC

split-complementary

#BC353F #35BC6F #3582BC

monochromatic

#5D1A1F #8C282F #BC353F #D15D66 #DF8D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#BC353F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#BC353F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC353F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC353F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC353F	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)

#5B553E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE033A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc353f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.171 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87674',
    500: '#bc353f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc353f;
$custom-light: #d87674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc353f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53521,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC353F

secondary

#84C9C4

accent

#DFD448

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC353F

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

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