#BC3846#BC3846

#BC3846 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3846
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 53.34, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 57.95, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1586 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.168 19)
XYZ	xyz(23.2611, 13.9652, 7.2639)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3846 #38BCAE

analogous

#BC3888 #BC3846 #BC6C38

triadic

#BC3846 #46BC38 #3846BC

tetradic

#BC3846 #88BC38 #38BCAE #6C38BC

square

#BC3846 #88BC38 #38BCAE #6C38BC

split-complementary

#BC3846 #38BC6C #3888BC

monochromatic

#5E1C23 #8D2A34 #BC3846 #D0616D #DE9099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BC3846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BC3846 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3846

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3846	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)

#5B5746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77779',
    500: '#bc3846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3846;
$custom-light: #d77779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53955,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.13962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3846

secondary

#87C9C2

accent

#DDCE4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3846

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

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