#BC3849#BC3849

#BC3849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.168 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3849
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 53.54, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 57.47, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1598 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.168 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3581, 14.0041, 7.7751)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3849 #38BCAB

analogous

#BC388B #BC3849 #BC6938

triadic

#BC3849 #49BC38 #3849BC

tetradic

#BC3849 #8BBC38 #38BCAB #6938BC

square

#BC3849 #8BBC38 #38BCAB #6938BC

split-complementary

#BC3849 #38BC69 #388BBC

monochromatic

#5E1C24 #8D2A37 #BC3849 #D0616F #DE909A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BC3849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3849

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3849	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)

#5B5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE143F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.168 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7787b',
    500: '#bc3849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3849;
$custom-light: #d7787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54014,
    "c": 0.16762,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3849

secondary

#87C9C0

accent

#DDCB4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3849

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

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