#BC3648#BC3648

#BC3648 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3648
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 72)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 54.23, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 58.19, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1618 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.17 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2302, 13.8009, 7.5702)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3648 #36BCAA

analogous

#BC368B #BC3648 #BC6736

triadic

#BC3648 #48BC36 #3648BC

tetradic

#BC3648 #8BBC36 #36BCAA #6736BC

square

#BC3648 #8BBC36 #36BCAA #6736BC

split-complementary

#BC3648 #36BC67 #368BBC

monochromatic

#5D1B24 #8C2836 #BC3648 #D15E6E #DF8E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC3648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3648 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3648

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3648	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7777a',
    500: '#bc3648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3648;
$custom-light: #d7777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5379,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3648

secondary

#85C9C0

accent

#DFCB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3648

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

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