#BC3A55#BC3A55

#BC3A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.166 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A55
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 53.63, 14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 55.48, 14.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.162 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.166 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8940, 14.3766, 10.1093)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A55 #3ABCA1

analogous

#BC3A96 #BC3A55 #BC603A

triadic

#BC3A55 #55BC3A #3A55BC

tetradic

#BC3A55 #96BC3A #3ABCA1 #603ABC

square

#BC3A55 #96BC3A #3ABCA1 #603ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A55 #3ABC60 #3A96BC

monochromatic

#5E1D2B #8D2C40 #BC3A55 #CF647A #DE93A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A55

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A55	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.166 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67984',
    500: '#bc3a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a55;
$custom-light: #d67984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54489,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A55

secondary

#89C9BC

accent

#DCBE4C

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A55

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

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