#BC3C46#BC3C46

#BC3C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.164 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C46
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 51.77, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 56.81, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1536 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.164 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4627, 14.3686, 7.3311)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C46 #3CBCB2

analogous

#BC3C86 #BC3C46 #BC723C

triadic

#BC3C46 #46BC3C #3C46BC

tetradic

#BC3C46 #86BC3C #3CBCB2 #723CBC

square

#BC3C46 #86BC3C #3CBCB2 #723CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C46 #3CBC72 #3C86BC

monochromatic

#5F1E23 #8E2D35 #BC3C46 #CE676F #DD959B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BC3C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C46

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C46	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.164 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77979',
    500: '#bc3c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c46;
$custom-light: #d77979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54383,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C46

secondary

#8BC9C4

accent

#DBD04D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C46

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

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