#BC3B57#BC3B57

#BC3B57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.165 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B57
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 53.40, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 55.01, 13.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1615 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.165 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0254, 14.5106, 10.5507)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B57 #3BBCA0

analogous

#BC3B97 #BC3B57 #BC5F3B

triadic

#BC3B57 #57BC3B #3B57BC

tetradic

#BC3B57 #97BC3B #3BBCA0 #5F3BBC

square

#BC3B57 #97BC3B #3BBCA0 #5F3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B57 #3BBC5F #3B97BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2C #8D2C41 #BC3B57 #CF657C #DD94A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B57

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B57	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.165 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67986',
    500: '#bc3b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b57;
$custom-light: #d67986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.977,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B57

secondary

#8AC9BB

accent

#DCBD4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B57

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

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