#BC3952#BC3952

#BC3952 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.167 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3952
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 82)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 53.79, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 56.06, 16.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1621 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.167 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7274, 14.2301, 9.4783)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3952 #39BCA3

analogous

#BC3993 #BC3952 #BC6239

triadic

#BC3952 #52BC39 #3952BC

tetradic

#BC3952 #93BC39 #39BCA3 #6239BC

square

#BC3952 #93BC39 #39BCA3 #6239BC

split-complementary

#BC3952 #39BC62 #3993BC

monochromatic

#5E1D29 #8D2B3E #BC3952 #D06377 #DE92A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3952

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3952	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.167 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67882',
    500: '#bc3952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3952;
$custom-light: #d67882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.55,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54313,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3952

secondary

#88C9BC

accent

#DDC14B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3952

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

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