#BC3556#BC3556

#BC3556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.171 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3556
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 86)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 55.60, 12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 57.02, 12.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1684 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.171 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6940, 13.9127, 10.2400)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3556 #35BC9B

analogous

#BC359A #BC3556 #BC5735

triadic

#BC3556 #56BC35 #3556BC

tetradic

#BC3556 #9ABC35 #35BC9B #5735BC

square

#BC3556 #9ABC35 #35BC9B #5735BC

split-complementary

#BC3556 #35BC57 #359ABC

monochromatic

#5D1A2A #8C2840 #BC3556 #D15D79 #DF8DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3556

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3556	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.171 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67685',
    500: '#bc3556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3556;
$custom-light: #d67685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54006,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3556

secondary

#84C9B8

accent

#DFBA48

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3556

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

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