#BC3557#BC3557

#BC3557 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.172 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3557
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 55.68, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 56.97, 12.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1688 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.172 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7346, 13.9289, 10.4537)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3557 #35BC9A

analogous

#BC359B #BC3557 #BC5735

triadic

#BC3557 #57BC35 #3557BC

tetradic

#BC3557 #9BBC35 #35BC9A #5735BC

square

#BC3557 #9BBC35 #35BC9A #5735BC

split-complementary

#BC3557 #35BC57 #359BBC

monochromatic

#5D1A2B #8C2841 #BC3557 #D15D7A #DF8DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3557

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3557	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.172 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67686',
    500: '#bc3557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3557;
$custom-light: #d67686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54031,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3557

secondary

#84C9B8

accent

#DFB948

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3557

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

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