#BC3845#BC3845

#BC3845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3845
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 53.28, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 58.13, 23.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1582 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.168 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2298, 13.9527, 7.0990)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3845 #38BCAF

analogous

#BC3887 #BC3845 #BC6D38

triadic

#BC3845 #45BC38 #3845BC

tetradic

#BC3845 #87BC38 #38BCAF #6D38BC

square

#BC3845 #87BC38 #38BCAF #6D38BC

split-complementary

#BC3845 #38BC6D #3887BC

monochromatic

#5E1C22 #8D2A34 #BC3845 #D0616C #DE9098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3845

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3845	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE123E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77778',
    500: '#bc3845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3845;
$custom-light: #d77778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53935,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3845

secondary

#87C9C2

accent

#DDCF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3845

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

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