#BC3847#BC3847

#BC3847 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3847
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 71)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 53.41, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 57.78, 22.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.159 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.168 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2929, 13.9780, 7.4315)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3847 #38BCAD

analogous

#BC3889 #BC3847 #BC6B38

triadic

#BC3847 #47BC38 #3847BC

tetradic

#BC3847 #89BC38 #38BCAD #6B38BC

square

#BC3847 #89BC38 #38BCAD #6B38BC

split-complementary

#BC3847 #38BC6B #3889BC

monochromatic

#5E1C23 #8D2A35 #BC3847 #D0616E #DE9099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3847 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3847

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3847	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7787a',
    500: '#bc3847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3847;
$custom-light: #d7787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53974,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3847

secondary

#87C9C1

accent

#DDCD4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3847

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

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