#BC3B50#BC3B50

#BC3B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.164 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B50
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 52.86, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 55.63, 18.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1588 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.164 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7532, 14.4017, 9.1169)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B50 #3BBCA7

analogous

#BC3B90 #BC3B50 #BC673B

triadic

#BC3B50 #50BC3B #3B50BC

tetradic

#BC3B50 #90BC3B #3BBCA7 #673BBC

square

#BC3B50 #90BC3B #3BBCA7 #673BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B50 #3BBC67 #3B90BC

monochromatic

#5F1E28 #8D2C3C #BC3B50 #CF6577 #DD94A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B50

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B50	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.164 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67980',
    500: '#bc3b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b50;
$custom-light: #d67980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.233,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5448,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B50

secondary

#8AC9BF

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B50

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

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