#BC3C53#BC3C53

#BC3C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.164 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C53
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 52.68, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 55.00, 16.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1587 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.164 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9184, 14.5509, 9.7310)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C53 #3CBCA5

analogous

#BC3C93 #BC3C53 #BC653C

triadic

#BC3C53 #53BC3C #3C53BC

tetradic

#BC3C53 #93BC3C #3CBCA5 #653CBC

square

#BC3C53 #93BC3C #3CBCA5 #653CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C53 #3CBC65 #3C93BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2A #8E2D3F #BC3C53 #CE6779 #DD95A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C53

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C53	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.164 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a83',
    500: '#bc3c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c53;
$custom-light: #d67a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.219,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54657,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C53

secondary

#8BC9BE

accent

#DBC14D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C53

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

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