#BC3843#BC3843

#BC3843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3843
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 53.16, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 58.49, 24.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1574 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.168 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1687, 13.9283, 6.7775)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3843 #38BCB1

analogous

#BC3885 #BC3843 #BC6F38

triadic

#BC3843 #43BC38 #3843BC

tetradic

#BC3843 #85BC38 #38BCB1 #6F38BC

square

#BC3843 #85BC38 #38BCB1 #6F38BC

split-complementary

#BC3843 #38BC6F #3885BC

monochromatic

#5E1C21 #8D2A32 #BC3843 #D0616A #DE9097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BC3843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3843

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3843	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE113D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77777',
    500: '#bc3843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3843;
$custom-light: #d77777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53898,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3843

secondary

#87C9C3

accent

#DDD14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3843

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

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