#BC3646#BC3646

#BC3646 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3646
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 70)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 54.10, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 58.51, 22.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.161 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.17 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1661, 13.7752, 7.2322)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3646 #36BCAC

analogous

#BC3689 #BC3646 #BC6936

triadic

#BC3646 #46BC36 #3646BC

tetradic

#BC3646 #89BC36 #36BCAC #6936BC

square

#BC3646 #89BC36 #36BCAC #6936BC

split-complementary

#BC3646 #36BC69 #3689BC

monochromatic

#5D1B23 #8C2834 #BC3646 #D15E6C #DF8E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC3646 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3646

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3646	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77779',
    500: '#bc3646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3646;
$custom-light: #d77779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.836,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5375,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3646

secondary

#85C9C1

accent

#DFCD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3646

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

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