#BC3A51#BC3A51

#BC3A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.166 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A51
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 81)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 53.33, 16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 55.84, 17.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1604 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.166 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7395, 14.3148, 9.2960)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A51 #3ABCA5

analogous

#BC3A92 #BC3A51 #BC643A

triadic

#BC3A51 #51BC3A #3A51BC

tetradic

#BC3A51 #92BC3A #3ABCA5 #643ABC

square

#BC3A51 #92BC3A #3ABCA5 #643ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A51 #3ABC64 #3A92BC

monochromatic

#5E1D29 #8D2C3D #BC3A51 #CF6477 #DE93A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A51

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A51	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)

#5B5951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.166 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67981',
    500: '#bc3a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a51;
$custom-light: #d67981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54396,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A51

secondary

#89C9BD

accent

#DCC34C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A51

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

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