#BC3850#BC3850

#BC3850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.168 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3850
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 54.02, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 56.57, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1625 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.168 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6034, 14.1022, 9.0670)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3850 #38BCA4

analogous

#BC3892 #BC3850 #BC6238

triadic

#BC3850 #50BC38 #3850BC

tetradic

#BC3850 #92BC38 #38BCA4 #6238BC

square

#BC3850 #92BC38 #38BCA4 #6238BC

split-complementary

#BC3850 #38BC62 #3892BC

monochromatic

#5E1C28 #8D2A3C #BC3850 #D06175 #DE909E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BC3850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3850

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3850	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.168 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77880',
    500: '#bc3850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3850;
$custom-light: #d77880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54164,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3850

secondary

#87C9BD

accent

#DDC34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3850

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

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