#BC3942#BC3942

#BC3942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3942
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 52.71, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 58.41, 25.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1558 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.167 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.1879, 14.0143, 6.6372)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3942 #39BCB3

analogous

#BC3983 #BC3942 #BC7139

triadic

#BC3942 #42BC39 #3942BC

tetradic

#BC3942 #83BC39 #39BCB3 #7139BC

square

#BC3942 #83BC39 #39BCB3 #7139BC

split-complementary

#BC3942 #39BC71 #3983BC

monochromatic

#5E1D21 #8D2B32 #BC3942 #D0636A #DE9297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BC3942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BC3942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3942

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3942	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77876',
    500: '#bc3942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3942;
$custom-light: #d77876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53984,
    "c": 0.16689,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3942

secondary

#88C9C4

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3942

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

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