#BC3947#BC3947

#BC3947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.167 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3947
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 53.02, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 57.50, 22.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1577 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.167 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3418, 14.0759, 7.4478)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3947 #39BCAE

analogous

#BC3988 #BC3947 #BC6D39

triadic

#BC3947 #47BC39 #3947BC

tetradic

#BC3947 #88BC39 #39BCAE #6D39BC

square

#BC3947 #88BC39 #39BCAE #6D39BC

split-complementary

#BC3947 #39BC6D #3988BC

monochromatic

#5E1D24 #8D2B35 #BC3947 #D0636E #DE929A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BC3947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BC3947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3947

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3947	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)

#5C5747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE163F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.167 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7787a',
    500: '#bc3947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3947;
$custom-light: #d7787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.588,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54079,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3947

secondary

#88C9C2

accent

#DDCD4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3947

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

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