#BC3857#BC3857

#BC3857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.168 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3857
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 87)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 54.56, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 56.01, 13.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1653 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.168 11)
XYZ	xyz(23.8757, 14.2111, 10.5007)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3857 #38BC9D

analogous

#BC3899 #BC3857 #BC5B38

triadic

#BC3857 #57BC38 #3857BC

tetradic

#BC3857 #99BC38 #38BC9D #5B38BC

square

#BC3857 #99BC38 #38BC9D #5B38BC

split-complementary

#BC3857 #38BC5B #3899BC

monochromatic

#5E1C2B #8D2A41 #BC3857 #D0617B #DE90A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3857

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3857	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.168 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67886',
    500: '#bc3857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3857;
$custom-light: #d67886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5433,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3857

secondary

#87C9B9

accent

#DDBB4A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3857

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

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