#BC3B48#BC3B48

#BC3B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.165 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B48
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 52.30, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 56.75, 22.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1556 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.165 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4750, 14.2905, 7.6518)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B48 #3BBCAF

analogous

#BC3B89 #BC3B48 #BC6E3B

triadic

#BC3B48 #48BC3B #3B48BC

tetradic

#BC3B48 #89BC3B #3BBCAF #6E3BBC

square

#BC3B48 #89BC3B #3BBCAF #6E3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B48 #3BBC6E #3B89BC

monochromatic

#5F1E24 #8D2C36 #BC3B48 #CF6570 #DD949B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B48

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B48	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.165 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7797a',
    500: '#bc3b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b48;
$custom-light: #d7797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.953,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B48

secondary

#8AC9C2

accent

#DCCD4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B48

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

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