#BC3542#BC3542

#BC3542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.171 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3542
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 54.22, 24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 59.49, 24.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1606 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.171 20)
XYZ	xyz(22.9979, 13.6343, 6.5739)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3542 #35BCAF

analogous

#BC3586 #BC3542 #BC6B35

triadic

#BC3542 #42BC35 #3542BC

tetradic

#BC3542 #86BC35 #35BCAF #6B35BC

square

#BC3542 #86BC35 #35BCAF #6B35BC

split-complementary

#BC3542 #35BC6B #3586BC

monochromatic

#5D1A20 #8C2831 #BC3542 #D15D68 #DF8D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#BC3542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3542

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3542	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE063B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.171 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87676',
    500: '#bc3542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3542;
$custom-light: #d87676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53575,
    "c": 0.17085,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.13631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3542

secondary

#84C9C2

accent

#DFD148

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3542

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

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