#BC3C55#BC3C55

#BC3C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.164 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C55
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 52.84, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 54.82, 15.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1595 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.164 13)
XYZ	xyz(23.9967, 14.5822, 10.1436)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C55 #3CBCA3

analogous

#BC3C95 #BC3C55 #BC633C

triadic

#BC3C55 #55BC3C #3C55BC

tetradic

#BC3C55 #95BC3C #3CBCA3 #633CBC

square

#BC3C55 #95BC3C #3CBCA3 #633CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C55 #3CBC63 #3C95BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2B #8E2D40 #BC3C55 #CE677B #DD95A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC3C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C55

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C55	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.164 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a84',
    500: '#bc3c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c55;
$custom-light: #d67a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.281,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54703,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.14579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C55

secondary

#8BC9BD

accent

#DBBF4D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C55

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

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