#BC3A59#BC3A59

#BC3A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.166 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3A59
RGB	rgb(188, 58, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 53.95, 11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 55.24, 12.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1636 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.166 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0574, 14.4420, 10.9700)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3A59 #3ABC9D

analogous

#BC3A9A #BC3A59 #BC5C3A

triadic

#BC3A59 #59BC3A #3A59BC

tetradic

#BC3A59 #9ABC3A #3ABC9D #5C3ABC

square

#BC3A59 #9ABC3A #3ABC9D #5C3ABC

split-complementary

#BC3A59 #3ABC5C #3A9ABC

monochromatic

#5E1D2D #8D2C43 #BC3A59 #CF647E #DE93A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3A59

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3A59	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59595A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 58, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.166 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67987',
    500: '#bc3a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3a59;
$custom-light: #d67987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54587,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3A59

secondary

#89C9BA

accent

#DCBA4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3A59

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

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