#BC3547#BC3547

#BC3547 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.171 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3547
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 71)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 54.53, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 58.63, 21.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1626 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.171 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1518, 13.6958, 7.3845)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3547 #35BCAA

analogous

#BC358B #BC3547 #BC6735

triadic

#BC3547 #47BC35 #3547BC

tetradic

#BC3547 #8BBC35 #35BCAA #6735BC

square

#BC3547 #8BBC35 #35BCAA #6735BC

split-complementary

#BC3547 #35BC67 #358BBC

monochromatic

#5D1A23 #8C2835 #BC3547 #D15D6C #DF8D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#BC3547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BC3547 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3547

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3547	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.171 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7767a',
    500: '#bc3547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3547;
$custom-light: #d7767a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53671,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3547

secondary

#84C9C0

accent

#DFCB48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3547

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

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