#BC3C44#BC3C44

#BC3C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C44
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 51.64, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 57.19, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1528 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.164 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.4007, 14.3437, 7.0041)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C44 #3CBCB4

analogous

#BC3C84 #BC3C44 #BC743C

triadic

#BC3C44 #44BC3C #3C44BC

tetradic

#BC3C44 #84BC3C #3CBCB4 #743CBC

square

#BC3C44 #84BC3C #3CBCB4 #743CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C44 #3CBC74 #3C84BC

monochromatic

#5F1E22 #8E2D33 #BC3C44 #CE676D #DD959A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C44

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C44	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)

#5E5943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77977',
    500: '#bc3c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c44;
$custom-light: #d77977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54345,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.1434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C44

secondary

#8BC9C5

accent

#DBD24D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C44

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

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