#BC3C43#BC3C43

#BC3C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C43
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 51.58, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 57.38, 25.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1524 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.164 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3704, 14.3316, 6.8448)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C43 #3CBCB5

analogous

#BC3C83 #BC3C43 #BC753C

triadic

#BC3C43 #43BC3C #3C43BC

tetradic

#BC3C43 #83BC3C #3CBCB5 #753CBC

square

#BC3C43 #83BC3C #3CBCB5 #753CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C43 #3CBC75 #3C83BC

monochromatic

#5F1E22 #8E2D32 #BC3C43 #CE676C #DD9599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C43

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C43	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77977',
    500: '#bc3c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c43;
$custom-light: #d77977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.719,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54327,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C43

secondary

#8BC9C5

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C43

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

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