#BC3C52#BC3C52

#BC3C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.163 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C52
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 52.61, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 55.09, 17.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1583 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.163 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8801, 14.5355, 9.5292)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C52 #3CBCA6

analogous

#BC3C92 #BC3C52 #BC663C

triadic

#BC3C52 #52BC3C #3C52BC

tetradic

#BC3C52 #92BC3C #3CBCA6 #663CBC

square

#BC3C52 #92BC3C #3CBCA6 #663CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C52 #3CBC66 #3C92BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2A #8E2D3E #BC3C52 #CE6779 #DD95A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BC3C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C52

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C52	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.163 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a82',
    500: '#bc3c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c52;
$custom-light: #d67a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C52

secondary

#8BC9BE

accent

#DBC34D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C52

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

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