#BC3A48#BC3A48

#BC3A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A48
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 52.70, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 57.04, 22.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1569 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.166 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4241, 14.1887, 7.6349)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A48 #3ABCAE

analogous

#BC3A89 #BC3A48 #BC6D3A

triadic

#BC3A48 #48BC3A #3A48BC

tetradic

#BC3A48 #89BC3A #3ABCAE #6D3ABC

square

#BC3A48 #89BC3A #3ABCAE #6D3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A48 #3ABC6D #3A89BC

monochromatic

#5E1D24 #8D2C36 #BC3A48 #CF6470 #DE939B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A48

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A48	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797a',
    500: '#bc3a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a48;
$custom-light: #d7797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54204,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A48

secondary

#89C9C2

accent

#DCCD4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A48

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

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