#BC3B46#BC3B46

#BC3B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B46
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 52.17, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 57.10, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1548 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.165 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4108, 14.2648, 7.3138)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B46 #3BBCB1

analogous

#BC3B86 #BC3B46 #BC703B

triadic

#BC3B46 #46BC3B #3B46BC

tetradic

#BC3B46 #86BC3B #3BBCB1 #703BBC

square

#BC3B46 #86BC3B #3BBCB1 #703BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B46 #3BBC70 #3B86BC

monochromatic

#5F1E23 #8D2C35 #BC3B46 #CF656E #DD949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B46

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B46	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)

#5D5845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77979',
    500: '#bc3b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b46;
$custom-light: #d77979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.884,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54273,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B46

secondary

#8AC9C3

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B46

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

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