#BC3A42#BC3A42

#BC3A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A42
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 52.32, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 58.14, 25.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1545 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.166 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2379, 14.1142, 6.6539)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A42 #3ABCB4

analogous

#BC3A83 #BC3A42 #BC733A

triadic

#BC3A42 #42BC3A #3A42BC

tetradic

#BC3A42 #83BC3A #3ABCB4 #733ABC

square

#BC3A42 #83BC3A #3ABCB4 #733ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A42 #3ABC73 #3A83BC

monochromatic

#5E1D21 #8D2C32 #BC3A42 #CF646B #DE9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BC3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BC3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A42

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A42	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE163E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77876',
    500: '#bc3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a42;
$custom-light: #d77876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54091,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A42

secondary

#89C9C5

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A42

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

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