#BC3746#BC3746

#BC3746 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3746
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 70)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 53.72, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 58.23, 22.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1598 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.169 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2131, 13.8693, 7.2479)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3746 #37BCAD

analogous

#BC3789 #BC3746 #BC6A37

triadic

#BC3746 #46BC37 #3746BC

tetradic

#BC3746 #89BC37 #37BCAD #6A37BC

square

#BC3746 #89BC37 #37BCAD #6A37BC

split-complementary

#BC3746 #37BC6A #3789BC

monochromatic

#5D1B23 #8D2934 #BC3746 #D0606C #DE8F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BC3746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BC3746 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3746

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3746	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)

#5B5646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77779',
    500: '#bc3746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3746;
$custom-light: #d77779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.233,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53852,
    "c": 0.16871,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3746

secondary

#86C9C1

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3746

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

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