#BC373E#BC373E

#BC373E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.169 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC373E
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 53.25, 27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 59.78, 27.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1567 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.169 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9772, 13.7749, 6.0054)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC373E #37BCB5

analogous

#BC3781 #BC373E #BC7237

triadic

#BC373E #3EBC37 #373EBC

tetradic

#BC373E #81BC37 #37BCB5 #7237BC

square

#BC373E #81BC37 #37BCB5 #7237BC

split-complementary

#BC373E #37BC72 #3781BC

monochromatic

#5D1B1F #8D292E #BC373E #D06066 #DE8F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BC373E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC373E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC373E

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC373E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC373E	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)

#5C563D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc373e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.169 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87773',
    500: '#bc373e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc373e;
$custom-light: #d87773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc373e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53706,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC373E

secondary

#86C9C5

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC373E

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

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