#BC3643#BC3643

#BC3643 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3643
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 53.91, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 59.04, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1598 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.17 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0737, 13.7383, 6.7459)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3643 #36BCAF

analogous

#BC3686 #BC3643 #BC6C36

triadic

#BC3643 #43BC36 #3643BC

tetradic

#BC3643 #86BC36 #36BCAF #6C36BC

square

#BC3643 #86BC36 #36BCAF #6C36BC

split-complementary

#BC3643 #36BC6C #3686BC

monochromatic

#5D1B21 #8C2832 #BC3643 #D15E69 #DF8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC3643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3643 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3643

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3643	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77677',
    500: '#bc3643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3643;
$custom-light: #d77677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.179,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53693,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3643

secondary

#85C9C2

accent

#DFD049

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3643

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

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