#BC3A57#BC3A57

#BC3A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.166 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A57
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 53.79, 13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 55.35, 13.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1628 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.166 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9745, 14.4088, 10.5337)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A57 #3ABC9F

analogous

#BC3A98 #BC3A57 #BC5E3A

triadic

#BC3A57 #57BC3A #3A57BC

tetradic

#BC3A57 #98BC3A #3ABC9F #5E3ABC

square

#BC3A57 #98BC3A #3ABC9F #5E3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A57 #3ABC5E #3A98BC

monochromatic

#5E1D2C #8D2C41 #BC3A57 #CF647C #DE93A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A57

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A57	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.166 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67986',
    500: '#bc3a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a57;
$custom-light: #d67986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54537,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A57

secondary

#89C9BB

accent

#DCBC4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A57

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

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