#BC3B59#BC3B59

#BC3B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.165 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3B59
RGB	rgb(188, 59, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 53.56, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 54.90, 12.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.1623 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.165 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1083, 14.5438, 10.9870)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3B59 #3BBC9E

analogous

#BC3B99 #BC3B59 #BC5E3B

triadic

#BC3B59 #59BC3B #3B59BC

tetradic

#BC3B59 #99BC3B #3BBC9E #5E3BBC

square

#BC3B59 #99BC3B #3BBC9E #5E3BBC

split-complementary

#BC3B59 #3BBC5E #3B99BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2D #8D2C43 #BC3B59 #CF657E #DD94A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3B59

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3B59	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 59, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.165 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67987',
    500: '#bc3b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3b59;
$custom-light: #d67987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.047,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54693,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3B59

secondary

#8AC9BA

accent

#DCBA4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3B59

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

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