#BC3848#BC3848

#BC3848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3848
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 53.47, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 57.62, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1594 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.168 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3252, 13.9909, 7.6019)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3848 #38BCAC

analogous

#BC388A #BC3848 #BC6A38

triadic

#BC3848 #48BC38 #3848BC

tetradic

#BC3848 #8ABC38 #38BCAC #6A38BC

square

#BC3848 #8ABC38 #38BCAC #6A38BC

split-complementary

#BC3848 #38BC6A #388ABC

monochromatic

#5E1C24 #8D2A36 #BC3848 #D0616F #DE909A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3848

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3848	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)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE143F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7787a',
    500: '#bc3848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3848;
$custom-light: #d7787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53994,
    "c": 0.16763,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3848

secondary

#87C9C1

accent

#DDCC4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3848

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

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