#BC3852#BC3852

#BC3852 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.168 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3852
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 82)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 54.17, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 56.37, 16.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1633 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.168 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6784, 14.1322, 9.4619)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3852 #38BCA2

analogous

#BC3894 #BC3852 #BC6038

triadic

#BC3852 #52BC38 #3852BC

tetradic

#BC3852 #94BC38 #38BCA2 #6038BC

square

#BC3852 #94BC38 #38BCA2 #6038BC

split-complementary

#BC3852 #38BC60 #3894BC

monochromatic

#5E1C29 #8D2A3D #BC3852 #D06177 #DE90A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3852 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3852

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3852	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.168 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67882',
    500: '#bc3852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3852;
$custom-light: #d67882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5421,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3852

secondary

#87C9BC

accent

#DDC04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3852

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

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