#BC3A46#BC3A46

#BC3A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A46
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 52.57, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 57.38, 23.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1561 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.166 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3599, 14.1630, 7.2968)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A46 #3ABCB0

analogous

#BC3A87 #BC3A46 #BC6F3A

triadic

#BC3A46 #46BC3A #3A46BC

tetradic

#BC3A46 #87BC3A #3ABCB0 #6F3ABC

square

#BC3A46 #87BC3A #3ABCB0 #6F3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A46 #3ABC6F #3A87BC

monochromatic

#5E1D23 #8D2C35 #BC3A46 #CF646E #DE939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BC3A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BC3A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A46

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A46	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)

#5D5846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE183F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77879',
    500: '#bc3a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a46;
$custom-light: #d77879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.462,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54165,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A46

secondary

#89C9C3

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A46

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

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