#BC374E#BC374E

#BC374E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.169 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC374E
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 78)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 54.26, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 57.09, 18.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1629 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.169 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4826, 13.9771, 8.6676)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC374E #37BCA5

analogous

#BC3791 #BC374E #BC6237

triadic

#BC374E #4EBC37 #374EBC

tetradic

#BC374E #91BC37 #37BCA5 #6237BC

square

#BC374E #91BC37 #37BCA5 #6237BC

split-complementary

#BC374E #37BC62 #3791BC

monochromatic

#5D1B27 #8D293A #BC374E #D06073 #DE8F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC374E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC374E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC374E

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC374E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC374E	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc374e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.169 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7777f',
    500: '#bc374e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc374e;
$custom-light: #d7777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc374e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.624,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54017,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC374E

secondary

#86C9BD

accent

#DEC44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC374E

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

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