#BC3959#BC3959

#BC3959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.167 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3959
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(345, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(345, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 54.34, 11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 55.58, 12.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1648 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.167 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0075, 14.3421, 10.9534)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3959 #39BC9C

analogous

#BC399A #BC3959 #BC5B39

triadic

#BC3959 #59BC39 #3959BC

tetradic

#BC3959 #9ABC39 #39BC9C #5B39BC

square

#BC3959 #9ABC39 #39BC9C #5B39BC

split-complementary

#BC3959 #39BC5B #399ABC

monochromatic

#5E1D2D #8D2B43 #BC3959 #D0637D #DE92A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3959

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3959	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59595A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.167 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67887',
    500: '#bc3959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3959;
$custom-light: #d67887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.344,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54483,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3959

secondary

#88C9B9

accent

#DDB94B

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3959

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

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