#BC3945#BC3945

#BC3945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3945
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 52.89, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 57.85, 23.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.1569 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.167 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2787, 14.0506, 7.1153)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3945 #39BCB0

analogous

#BC3986 #BC3945 #BC6E39

triadic

#BC3945 #45BC39 #3945BC

tetradic

#BC3945 #86BC39 #39BCB0 #6E39BC

square

#BC3945 #86BC39 #39BCB0 #6E39BC

split-complementary

#BC3945 #39BC6E #3986BC

monochromatic

#5E1D23 #8D2B34 #BC3945 #D0636D #DE9299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3945

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3945	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77878',
    500: '#bc3945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3945;
$custom-light: #d77878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5404,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3945

secondary

#88C9C3

accent

#DDCF4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3945

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

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