#BC3950#BC3950

#BC3950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.167 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3950
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 53.64, 16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 56.26, 17.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1613 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.167 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6524, 14.2001, 9.0833)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3950 #39BCA5

analogous

#BC3991 #BC3950 #BC6439

triadic

#BC3950 #50BC39 #3950BC

tetradic

#BC3950 #91BC39 #39BCA5 #6439BC

square

#BC3950 #91BC39 #39BCA5 #6439BC

split-complementary

#BC3950 #39BC64 #3991BC

monochromatic

#5E1D28 #8D2B3C #BC3950 #D06376 #DE929F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3950

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3950	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)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.167 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77880',
    500: '#bc3950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3950;
$custom-light: #d77880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.466,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54268,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3950

secondary

#88C9BD

accent

#DDC34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3950

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

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