#BC3C42#BC3C42

#BC3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C42
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 51.52, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 57.59, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.152 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.164 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3407, 14.3197, 6.6881)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C42 #3CBCB6

analogous

#BC3C82 #BC3C42 #BC763C

triadic

#BC3C42 #42BC3C #3C42BC

tetradic

#BC3C42 #82BC3C #3CBCB6 #763CBC

square

#BC3C42 #82BC3C #3CBCB6 #763CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C42 #3CBC76 #3C82BC

monochromatic

#5F1E21 #8E2D32 #BC3C42 #CE676C #DD9599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BC3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BC3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C42

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C42	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)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77976',
    500: '#bc3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c42;
$custom-light: #d77976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.188,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54309,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C42

secondary

#8BC9C6

accent

#DBD44D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C42

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

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