#BC3749#BC3749

#BC3749 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3749
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 53.92, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 57.76, 21.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.161 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.169 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3102, 13.9081, 7.7591)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3749 #37BCAA

analogous

#BC378B #BC3749 #BC6837

triadic

#BC3749 #49BC37 #3749BC

tetradic

#BC3749 #8BBC37 #37BCAA #6837BC

square

#BC3749 #8BBC37 #37BCAA #6837BC

split-complementary

#BC3749 #37BC68 #378BBC

monochromatic

#5D1B24 #8D2937 #BC3749 #D0606F #DE8F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3749 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3749

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3749	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE123F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7777b',
    500: '#bc3749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3749;
$custom-light: #d7777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.88,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53911,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3749

secondary

#86C9C0

accent

#DECA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3749

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

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