#BC3957#BC3957

#BC3957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.167 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3957
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 87)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 54.18, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 55.68, 13.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.164 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.167 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9246, 14.3090, 10.5171)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3957 #39BC9E

analogous

#BC3998 #BC3957 #BC5D39

triadic

#BC3957 #57BC39 #3957BC

tetradic

#BC3957 #98BC39 #39BC9E #5D39BC

square

#BC3957 #98BC39 #39BC9E #5D39BC

split-complementary

#BC3957 #39BC5D #3998BC

monochromatic

#5E1D2C #8D2B41 #BC3957 #D0637C #DE92A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3957

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3957	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.167 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67886',
    500: '#bc3957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3957;
$custom-light: #d67886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.26,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54433,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3957

secondary

#88C9BA

accent

#DDBB4B

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3957

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

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