#BC3645#BC3645

#BC3645 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3645
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 69)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 54.04, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 58.68, 22.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1606 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.17 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1348, 13.7627, 7.0673)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3645 #36BCAD

analogous

#BC3688 #BC3645 #BC6A36

triadic

#BC3645 #45BC36 #3645BC

tetradic

#BC3645 #88BC36 #36BCAD #6A36BC

square

#BC3645 #88BC36 #36BCAD #6A36BC

split-complementary

#BC3645 #36BC6A #3688BC

monochromatic

#5D1B22 #8C2834 #BC3645 #D15E6B #DF8E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC3645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3645 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3645

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3645	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)

#5A5645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77678',
    500: '#bc3645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3645;
$custom-light: #d77678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.284,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53731,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3645

secondary

#85C9C1

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3645

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

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