#BC3741#BC3741

#BC3741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3741
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 65)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 53.42, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 59.15, 25.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1578 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.169 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0618, 13.8087, 6.4510)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3741 #37BCB2

analogous

#BC3783 #BC3741 #BC7037

triadic

#BC3741 #41BC37 #3741BC

tetradic

#BC3741 #83BC37 #37BCB2 #7037BC

square

#BC3741 #83BC37 #37BCB2 #7037BC

split-complementary

#BC3741 #37BC70 #3783BC

monochromatic

#5D1B20 #8D2931 #BC3741 #D06068 #DE8F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC3741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC3741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3741

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3741	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)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87775',
    500: '#bc3741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3741;
$custom-light: #d87775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53758,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3741

secondary

#86C9C4

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3741

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

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