#BC3753#BC3753

#BC3753 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3753
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 83)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 54.63, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 56.60, 15.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1649 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.169 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6688, 14.0515, 9.6478)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3753 #37BCA0

analogous

#BC3796 #BC3753 #BC5D37

triadic

#BC3753 #53BC37 #3753BC

tetradic

#BC3753 #96BC37 #37BCA0 #5D37BC

square

#BC3753 #96BC37 #37BCA0 #5D37BC

split-complementary

#BC3753 #37BC5D #3796BC

monochromatic

#5D1B29 #8D293E #BC3753 #D06077 #DE8FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3753 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3753

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3753	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67783',
    500: '#bc3753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3753;
$custom-light: #d67783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54131,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3753

secondary

#86C9BB

accent

#DEBF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3753

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

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