#BC3757#BC3757

#BC3757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.169 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3757
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 87)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 54.94, 12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 56.33, 12.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1665 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.169 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8277, 14.1151, 10.4847)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3757 #37BC9C

analogous

#BC3799 #BC3757 #BC5937

triadic

#BC3757 #57BC37 #3757BC

tetradic

#BC3757 #99BC37 #37BC9C #5937BC

square

#BC3757 #99BC37 #37BC9C #5937BC

split-complementary

#BC3757 #37BC59 #3799BC

monochromatic

#5D1B2B #8D2941 #BC3757 #D0607B #DE8FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3757

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3757	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.169 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67786',
    500: '#bc3757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3757;
$custom-light: #d67786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.564,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54228,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3757

secondary

#86C9B9

accent

#DEBA4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3757

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

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