#BC3744#BC3744

#BC3744 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3744
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 68)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 53.60, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 58.58, 23.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.159 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.169 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1510, 13.8444, 6.9209)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3744 #37BCAF

analogous

#BC3787 #BC3744 #BC6C37

triadic

#BC3744 #44BC37 #3744BC

tetradic

#BC3744 #87BC37 #37BCAF #6C37BC

square

#BC3744 #87BC37 #37BCAF #6C37BC

split-complementary

#BC3744 #37BC6C #3787BC

monochromatic

#5D1B22 #8D2933 #BC3744 #D0606B #DE8F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3744 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3744

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3744	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77777',
    500: '#bc3744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3744;
$custom-light: #d77777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.135,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53813,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3744

secondary

#86C9C2

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3744

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

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