#BC3552#BC3552

#BC3552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.171 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3552
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 82)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 55.29, 15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 57.30, 15.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1669 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.171 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5374, 13.8501, 9.4149)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3552 #35BC9F

analogous

#BC3596 #BC3552 #BC5B35

triadic

#BC3552 #52BC35 #3552BC

tetradic

#BC3552 #96BC35 #35BC9F #5B35BC

square

#BC3552 #96BC35 #35BC9F #5B35BC

split-complementary

#BC3552 #35BC5B #3596BC

monochromatic

#5D1A28 #8C283D #BC3552 #D15D76 #DF8D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3552

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3552	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.171 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77682',
    500: '#bc3552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3552;
$custom-light: #d77682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53909,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3552

secondary

#84C9BA

accent

#DFBF48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3552

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

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