#BC3642#BC3642

#BC3642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3642
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 53.85, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 59.23, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1594 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.17 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0440, 13.7264, 6.5893)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3642 #36BCB0

analogous

#BC3685 #BC3642 #BC6D36

triadic

#BC3642 #42BC36 #3642BC

tetradic

#BC3642 #85BC36 #36BCB0 #6D36BC

square

#BC3642 #85BC36 #36BCB0 #6D36BC

split-complementary

#BC3642 #36BC6D #3685BC

monochromatic

#5D1B21 #8C2831 #BC3642 #D15E69 #DF8E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BC3642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BC3642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3642

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3642	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87676',
    500: '#bc3642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3642;
$custom-light: #d87676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53675,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3642

secondary

#85C9C3

accent

#DFD149

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3642

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

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