#BC3D42#BC3D42

#BC3D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D42
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 51.12, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 57.31, 26.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1507 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.163 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3935, 14.4255, 6.7058)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D42 #3DBCB7

analogous

#BC3D82 #BC3D42 #BC783D

triadic

#BC3D42 #42BC3D #3D42BC

tetradic

#BC3D42 #82BC3D #3DBCB7 #783DBC

square

#BC3D42 #82BC3D #3DBCB7 #783DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D42 #3DBC78 #3D82BC

monochromatic

#601F22 #8E2E32 #BC3D42 #CE686C #DD9699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BC3D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BC3D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D42

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D42	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a76',
    500: '#bc3d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d42;
$custom-light: #d77a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.638,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5442,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D42

secondary

#8CC9C6

accent

#DAD54D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D42

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

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