#BC3C47#BC3C47

#BC3C47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C47
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 51.83, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 56.63, 23.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.154 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.163 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4946, 14.3813, 7.4987)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C47 #3CBCB1

analogous

#BC3C87 #BC3C47 #BC713C

triadic

#BC3C47 #47BC3C #3C47BC

tetradic

#BC3C47 #87BC3C #3CBCB1 #713CBC

square

#BC3C47 #87BC3C #3CBCB1 #713CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C47 #3CBC71 #3C87BC

monochromatic

#5F1E24 #8E2D35 #BC3C47 #CE6770 #DD959B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BC3C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3C47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C47

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C47	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a7a',
    500: '#bc3c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c47;
$custom-light: #d77a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.844,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54402,
    "c": 0.16348,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C47

secondary

#8BC9C3

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C47

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

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