#BC3C59#BC3C59

#BC3C59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.164 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3C59
RGB	rgb(188, 60, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 53.16, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 54.56, 12.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.161 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.164 11)
XYZ	xyz(24.1602, 14.6476, 11.0043)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3C59 #3CBC9F

analogous

#BC3C99 #BC3C59 #BC5F3C

triadic

#BC3C59 #59BC3C #3C59BC

tetradic

#BC3C59 #99BC3C #3CBC9F #5F3CBC

square

#BC3C59 #99BC3C #3CBC9F #5F3CBC

split-complementary

#BC3C59 #3CBC5F #3C99BC

monochromatic

#5F1E2D #8E2D43 #BC3C59 #CE677E #DD95A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC3C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC3C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3C59

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3C59	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 60, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.164 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a87',
    500: '#bc3c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3c59;
$custom-light: #d67a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.406,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54801,
    "c": 0.16403,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3C59

secondary

#8BC9BB

accent

#DBBB4D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3C59

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

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