#BC3745#BC3745

#BC3745 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.169 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3745
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 53.66, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 58.41, 23.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1594 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.169 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1818, 13.8567, 7.0830)
Luminance	0.1385 (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

#BC3745 #37BCAE

analogous

#BC3788 #BC3745 #BC6B37

triadic

#BC3745 #45BC37 #3745BC

tetradic

#BC3745 #88BC37 #37BCAE #6B37BC

square

#BC3745 #88BC37 #37BCAE #6B37BC

split-complementary

#BC3745 #37BC6B #3788BC

monochromatic

#5D1B22 #8D2934 #BC3745 #D0606C #DE8F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3745 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3745

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3745	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)

#5B5645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.169 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77778',
    500: '#bc3745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3745;
$custom-light: #d77778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53832,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3745

secondary

#86C9C2

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3745

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

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