#BC3553#BC3553

#BC3553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.171 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3553
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 83)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 55.37, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 57.22, 14.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1673 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.171 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5757, 13.8654, 9.6168)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3553 #35BC9E

analogous

#BC3596 #BC3553 #BC5B35

triadic

#BC3553 #53BC35 #3553BC

tetradic

#BC3553 #96BC35 #35BC9E #5B35BC

square

#BC3553 #96BC35 #35BC9E #5B35BC

split-complementary

#BC3553 #35BC5B #3596BC

monochromatic

#5D1A29 #8C283E #BC3553 #D15D77 #DF8D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3553

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3553	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)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.171 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77683',
    500: '#bc3553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3553;
$custom-light: #d77683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53933,
    "c": 0.17116,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3553

secondary

#84C9BA

accent

#DFBE48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3553

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

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