#BC3C50#BC3C50

#BC3C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.163 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C50
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 52.46, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 55.31, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1575 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.163 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8051, 14.5055, 9.1342)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C50 #3CBCA8

analogous

#BC3C90 #BC3C50 #BC683C

triadic

#BC3C50 #50BC3C #3C50BC

tetradic

#BC3C50 #90BC3C #3CBCA8 #683CBC

square

#BC3C50 #90BC3C #3CBCA8 #683CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C50 #3CBC68 #3C90BC

monochromatic

#5F1E29 #8E2D3C #BC3C50 #CE6777 #DD95A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C50

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C50	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.163 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a80',
    500: '#bc3c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c50;
$custom-light: #d67a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54589,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C50

secondary

#8BC9BF

accent

#DBC54D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C50

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

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