#BC3751#BC3751

#BC3751 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3751
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 81)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.26, 54.48, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.26, 56.77, 16.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1641 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.169 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5927, 14.0211, 9.2470)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3751 #37BCA2

analogous

#BC3793 #BC3751 #BC6037

triadic

#BC3751 #51BC37 #3751BC

tetradic

#BC3751 #93BC37 #37BCA2 #6037BC

square

#BC3751 #93BC37 #37BCA2 #6037BC

split-complementary

#BC3751 #37BC60 #3793BC

monochromatic

#5D1B28 #8D293D #BC3751 #D06076 #DE8F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3751 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3751

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3751	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77781',
    500: '#bc3751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3751;
$custom-light: #d77781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.271,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54085,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3751

secondary

#86C9BC

accent

#DEC14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3751

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

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