#BC3C45#BC3C45

#BC3C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.164 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C45
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 51.71, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 56.99, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1532 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.164 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4314, 14.3561, 7.1662)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C45 #3CBCB3

analogous

#BC3C85 #BC3C45 #BC733C

triadic

#BC3C45 #45BC3C #3C45BC

tetradic

#BC3C45 #85BC3C #3CBCB3 #733CBC

square

#BC3C45 #85BC3C #3CBCB3 #733CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C45 #3CBC73 #3C85BC

monochromatic

#5F1E23 #8E2D34 #BC3C45 #CE676E #DD959A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BC3C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C45

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C45	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)

#5E5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.164 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77978',
    500: '#bc3c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c45;
$custom-light: #d77978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.781,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54364,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C45

secondary

#8BC9C4

accent

#DBD14D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C45

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

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