#BC3A49#BC3A49

#BC3A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A49
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 52.76, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 56.88, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1573 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.166 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4570, 14.2018, 7.8081)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A49 #3ABCAD

analogous

#BC3A8A #BC3A49 #BC6C3A

triadic

#BC3A49 #49BC3A #3A49BC

tetradic

#BC3A49 #8ABC3A #3ABCAD #6C3ABC

square

#BC3A49 #8ABC3A #3ABCAD #6C3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A49 #3ABC6C #3A8ABC

monochromatic

#5E1D25 #8D2C37 #BC3A49 #CF6470 #DE939B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A49

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A49	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)

#5C5849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797b',
    500: '#bc3a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a49;
$custom-light: #d7797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54224,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A49

secondary

#89C9C1

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A49

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

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