#BC3A4E#BC3A4E

#BC3A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.166 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 53.11, 18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 56.18, 19.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1593 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.166 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6295, 14.2708, 8.7165)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A4E #3ABCA8

analogous

#BC3A8F #BC3A4E #BC673A

triadic

#BC3A4E #4EBC3A #3A4EBC

tetradic

#BC3A4E #8FBC3A #3ABCA8 #673ABC

square

#BC3A4E #8FBC3A #3ABCA8 #673ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A4E #3ABC67 #3A8FBC

monochromatic

#5E1D27 #8D2C3B #BC3A4E #CF6475 #DE939E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A4E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A4E	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D734B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.166 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797f',
    500: '#bc3a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a4e;
$custom-light: #d7797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54329,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A4E

secondary

#89C9BF

accent

#DCC64C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A4E

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

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