#BC3A4A#BC3A4A

#BC3A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.166 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A4A
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 74)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 52.83, 20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 56.73, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1577 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.166 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4904, 14.2152, 7.9841)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A4A #3ABCAC

analogous

#BC3A8B #BC3A4A #BC6B3A

triadic

#BC3A4A #4ABC3A #3A4ABC

tetradic

#BC3A4A #8BBC3A #3ABCAC #6B3ABC

square

#BC3A4A #8BBC3A #3ABCAC #6B3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A4A #3ABC6B #3A8BBC

monochromatic

#5E1D25 #8D2C38 #BC3A4A #CF6471 #DE939C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BC3A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A4A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A4A	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)

#5C584A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.166 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797c',
    500: '#bc3a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a4a;
$custom-light: #d7797c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54245,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A4A

secondary

#89C9C1

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A4A

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

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