#BC3752#BC3752

#BC3752 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3752
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 82)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 54.55, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 56.68, 15.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1645 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.169 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6304, 14.0362, 9.4459)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3752 #37BCA1

analogous

#BC3794 #BC3752 #BC5F37

triadic

#BC3752 #52BC37 #3752BC

tetradic

#BC3752 #94BC37 #37BCA1 #5F37BC

square

#BC3752 #94BC37 #37BCA1 #5F37BC

split-complementary

#BC3752 #37BC5F #3794BC

monochromatic

#5D1B29 #8D293D #BC3752 #D06077 #DE8F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3752 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3752

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3752	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77782',
    500: '#bc3752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3752;
$custom-light: #d77782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.82,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54108,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3752

secondary

#86C9BB

accent

#DEC04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3752

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

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