#BC3B45#BC3B45

#BC3B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B45
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 52.11, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 57.28, 24.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1544 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.165 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3795, 14.2523, 7.1489)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B45 #3BBCB2

analogous

#BC3B85 #BC3B45 #BC713B

triadic

#BC3B45 #45BC3B #3B45BC

tetradic

#BC3B45 #85BC3B #3BBCB2 #713BBC

square

#BC3B45 #85BC3B #3BBCB2 #713BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B45 #3BBC71 #3B85BC

monochromatic

#5F1E23 #8D2C34 #BC3B45 #CF656E #DD949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B45

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B45	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77978',
    500: '#bc3b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b45;
$custom-light: #d77978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.349,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54254,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B45

secondary

#8AC9C4

accent

#DCD14C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B45

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

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