#BC3951#BC3951

#BC3951 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.167 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3951
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 81)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 53.71, 16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 56.15, 16.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1617 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.167 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6896, 14.2150, 9.2793)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3951 #39BCA4

analogous

#BC3992 #BC3951 #BC6339

triadic

#BC3951 #51BC39 #3951BC

tetradic

#BC3951 #92BC39 #39BCA4 #6339BC

square

#BC3951 #92BC39 #39BCA4 #6339BC

split-complementary

#BC3951 #39BC63 #3992BC

monochromatic

#5E1D29 #8D2B3D #BC3951 #D06377 #DE92A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3951

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3951	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)

#5A5851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.167 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77881',
    500: '#bc3951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3951;
$custom-light: #d77881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5429,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3951

secondary

#88C9BD

accent

#DDC24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3951

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

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