#BC3C48#BC3C48

#BC3C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C48
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 51.90, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 56.46, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1543 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.163 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5269, 14.3943, 7.6691)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C48 #3CBCB0

analogous

#BC3C88 #BC3C48 #BC703C

triadic

#BC3C48 #48BC3C #3C48BC

tetradic

#BC3C48 #88BC3C #3CBCB0 #703CBC

square

#BC3C48 #88BC3C #3CBCB0 #703CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C48 #3CBC70 #3C88BC

monochromatic

#5F1E24 #8E2D36 #BC3C48 #CE6770 #DD959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C48

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C48	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a7a',
    500: '#bc3c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c48;
$custom-light: #d77a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54421,
    "c": 0.16343,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C48

secondary

#8BC9C3

accent

#DBCE4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C48

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

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