#BC3851#BC3851

#BC3851 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.168 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3851
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 81)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 54.10, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 56.46, 16.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1629 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.168 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6406, 14.1171, 9.2630)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3851 #38BCA3

analogous

#BC3893 #BC3851 #BC6138

triadic

#BC3851 #51BC38 #3851BC

tetradic

#BC3851 #93BC38 #38BCA3 #6138BC

square

#BC3851 #93BC38 #38BCA3 #6138BC

split-complementary

#BC3851 #38BC61 #3893BC

monochromatic

#5E1C28 #8D2A3D #BC3851 #D06176 #DE909F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3851 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3851

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3851	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.168 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77881',
    500: '#bc3851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3851;
$custom-light: #d77881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54187,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3851

secondary

#87C9BC

accent

#DDC24A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3851

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

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