#BC3649#BC3649

#BC3649 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3649
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 54.29, 20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 58.04, 20.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1622 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.17 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2631, 13.8141, 7.7435)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3649 #36BCA9

analogous

#BC368C #BC3649 #BC6636

triadic

#BC3649 #49BC36 #3649BC

tetradic

#BC3649 #8CBC36 #36BCA9 #6636BC

square

#BC3649 #8CBC36 #36BCA9 #6636BC

split-complementary

#BC3649 #36BC66 #368CBC

monochromatic

#5D1B24 #8C2837 #BC3649 #D15E6F #DF8E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC3649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3649 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3649

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3649	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7777b',
    500: '#bc3649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3649;
$custom-light: #d7777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.493,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5381,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3649

secondary

#85C9BF

accent

#DFC949

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3649

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

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