#BC3550#BC3550

#BC3550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.171 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3550
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 80)
HSL	hsl(348, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 55.14, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 57.48, 16.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1661 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.171 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4624, 13.8201, 9.0199)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3550 #35BCA1

analogous

#BC3594 #BC3550 #BC5D35

triadic

#BC3550 #50BC35 #3550BC

tetradic

#BC3550 #94BC35 #35BCA1 #5D35BC

square

#BC3550 #94BC35 #35BCA1 #5D35BC

split-complementary

#BC3550 #35BC5D #3594BC

monochromatic

#5D1A27 #8C283C #BC3550 #D15D74 #DF8D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC3550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3550

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3550	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.171 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77680',
    500: '#bc3550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3550;
$custom-light: #d77680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53863,
    "c": 0.17092,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3550

secondary

#84C9BB

accent

#DFC148

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3550

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

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