#BC3B43#BC3B43

#BC3B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.165 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B43
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 51.98, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 57.66, 25.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1537 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.165 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3185, 14.2279, 6.8275)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B43 #3BBCB4

analogous

#BC3B83 #BC3B43 #BC733B

triadic

#BC3B43 #43BC3B #3B43BC

tetradic

#BC3B43 #83BC3B #3BBCB4 #733BBC

square

#BC3B43 #83BC3B #3BBCB4 #733BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B43 #3BBC73 #3B83BC

monochromatic

#5F1E22 #8D2C32 #BC3B43 #CF656C #DD9499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BC3B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BC3B43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B43

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B43	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE193F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.165 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77977',
    500: '#bc3b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b43;
$custom-light: #d77977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.279,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54217,
    "c": 0.16477,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B43

secondary

#8AC9C5

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B43

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

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