#BC3A45#BC3A45

#BC3A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A45
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 52.50, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 57.56, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1557 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.166 20)
XYZ	xyz(23.3286, 14.1505, 7.1320)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A45 #3ABCB1

analogous

#BC3A86 #BC3A45 #BC703A

triadic

#BC3A45 #45BC3A #3A45BC

tetradic

#BC3A45 #86BC3A #3ABCB1 #703ABC

square

#BC3A45 #86BC3A #3ABCB1 #703ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A45 #3ABC70 #3A86BC

monochromatic

#5E1D23 #8D2C34 #BC3A45 #CF646D #DE9399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A45

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A45	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE173F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77878',
    500: '#bc3a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a45;
$custom-light: #d77878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.14147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A45

secondary

#89C9C3

accent

#DCD04C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A45

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

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