#BC3B47#BC3B47

#BC3B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B47
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 52.24, 22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 56.92, 23.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1552 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.165 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4427, 14.2775, 7.4814)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B47 #3BBCB0

analogous

#BC3B87 #BC3B47 #BC6F3B

triadic

#BC3B47 #47BC3B #3B47BC

tetradic

#BC3B47 #87BC3B #3BBCB0 #6F3BBC

square

#BC3B47 #87BC3B #3BBCB0 #6F3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B47 #3BBC6F #3B87BC

monochromatic

#5F1E24 #8D2C35 #BC3B47 #CF656F #DD949B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BC3B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BC3B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B47

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B47	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)

#5D5847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797a',
    500: '#bc3b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b47;
$custom-light: #d7797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.419,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.16453,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B47

secondary

#8AC9C3

accent

#DCCE4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B47

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

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