#BC3859#BC3859

#BC3859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.169 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3859
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 89)
HSL	hsl(345, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(345, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 54.72, 11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 55.91, 11.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.166 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.169 10)
XYZ	xyz(23.9585, 14.2442, 10.9371)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3859 #38BC9B

analogous

#BC389B #BC3859 #BC5938

triadic

#BC3859 #59BC38 #3859BC

tetradic

#BC3859 #9BBC38 #38BC9B #5938BC

square

#BC3859 #9BBC38 #38BC9B #5938BC

split-complementary

#BC3859 #38BC59 #389BBC

monochromatic

#5E1C2C #8D2A43 #BC3859 #D0617D #DE90A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3859

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3859	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58585A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.169 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67887',
    500: '#bc3859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3859;
$custom-light: #d67887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5438,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.14241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3859

secondary

#87C9B8

accent

#DDB94A

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3859

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

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