#BC3A50#BC3A50

#BC3A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.166 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A50
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 53.25, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 55.94, 17.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.16 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.166 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7023, 14.2999, 9.0999)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A50 #3ABCA6

analogous

#BC3A91 #BC3A50 #BC653A

triadic

#BC3A50 #50BC3A #3A50BC

tetradic

#BC3A50 #91BC3A #3ABCA6 #653ABC

square

#BC3A50 #91BC3A #3ABCA6 #653ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A50 #3ABC65 #3A91BC

monochromatic

#5E1D28 #8D2C3C #BC3A50 #CF6476 #DE939F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A50

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A50	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.166 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77980',
    500: '#bc3a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a50;
$custom-light: #d77980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.846,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54373,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A50

secondary

#89C9BE

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A50

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

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