#BC3544#BC3544

#BC3544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.171 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3544
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 68)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 54.34, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 59.13, 23.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1614 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.171 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0579, 13.6583, 6.8899)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3544 #35BCAD

analogous

#BC3588 #BC3544 #BC6935

triadic

#BC3544 #44BC35 #3544BC

tetradic

#BC3544 #88BC35 #35BCAD #6935BC

square

#BC3544 #88BC35 #35BCAD #6935BC

split-complementary

#BC3544 #35BC69 #3588BC

monochromatic

#5D1A21 #8C2833 #BC3544 #D15D6A #DF8D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BC3544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3544

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3544	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE073C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.171 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77677',
    500: '#bc3544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3544;
$custom-light: #d77677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53612,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3544

secondary

#84C9C1

accent

#DFCF48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3544

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

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