#BC3953#BC3953

#BC3953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.167 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3953
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 83)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 53.86, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 55.97, 15.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1625 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.167 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7657, 14.2454, 9.6801)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3953 #39BCA2

analogous

#BC3994 #BC3953 #BC6139

triadic

#BC3953 #53BC39 #3953BC

tetradic

#BC3953 #94BC39 #39BCA2 #6139BC

square

#BC3953 #94BC39 #39BCA2 #6139BC

split-complementary

#BC3953 #39BC61 #3994BC

monochromatic

#5E1D2A #8D2B3E #BC3953 #D06378 #DE92A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3953 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3953

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3953	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)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.167 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67883',
    500: '#bc3953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3953;
$custom-light: #d67883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.092,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54337,
    "c": 0.16685,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3953

secondary

#88C9BC

accent

#DDC04B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3953

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

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