#BC3842#BC3842

#BC3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3842
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 53.10, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 58.69, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.157 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.168 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1390, 13.9164, 6.6209)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3842 #38BCB2

analogous

#BC3884 #BC3842 #BC7038

triadic

#BC3842 #42BC38 #3842BC

tetradic

#BC3842 #84BC38 #38BCB2 #7038BC

square

#BC3842 #84BC38 #38BCB2 #7038BC

split-complementary

#BC3842 #38BC70 #3884BC

monochromatic

#5E1C21 #8D2A31 #BC3842 #D0616A #DE9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BC3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3842

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3842	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE113D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77776',
    500: '#bc3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3842;
$custom-light: #d77776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3842

secondary

#87C9C4

accent

#DDD24A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3842

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

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