#BC3551#BC3551

#BC3551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.171 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3551
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 81)
HSL	hsl(348, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 55.22, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 57.39, 15.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1665 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.171 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4996, 13.8349, 9.2160)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3551 #35BCA0

analogous

#BC3594 #BC3551 #BC5D35

triadic

#BC3551 #51BC35 #3551BC

tetradic

#BC3551 #94BC35 #35BCA0 #5D35BC

square

#BC3551 #94BC35 #35BCA0 #5D35BC

split-complementary

#BC3551 #35BC5D #3594BC

monochromatic

#5D1A28 #8C283C #BC3551 #D15D75 #DF8D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC3551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3551

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3551	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.171 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77681',
    500: '#bc3551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3551;
$custom-light: #d77681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53886,
    "c": 0.17098,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3551

secondary

#84C9BB

accent

#DFC048

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3551

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

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