#BC3748#BC3748

#BC3748 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3748
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 72)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 53.85, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 57.91, 21.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1606 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.169 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2773, 13.8949, 7.5859)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3748 #37BCAB

analogous

#BC378A #BC3748 #BC6937

triadic

#BC3748 #48BC37 #3748BC

tetradic

#BC3748 #8ABC37 #37BCAB #6937BC

square

#BC3748 #8ABC37 #37BCAB #6937BC

split-complementary

#BC3748 #37BC69 #378ABC

monochromatic

#5D1B24 #8D2936 #BC3748 #D0606E #DE8F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BC3748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3748 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3748

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3748	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE113E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7777a',
    500: '#bc3748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3748;
$custom-light: #d7777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.331,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53891,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3748

secondary

#86C9C0

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3748

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

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