#BC3D43#BC3D43

#BC3D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.163 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D43
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 51.18, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 57.10, 26.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1511 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.163 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4233, 14.4374, 6.8624)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D43 #3DBCB6

analogous

#BC3D83 #BC3D43 #BC773D

triadic

#BC3D43 #43BC3D #3D43BC

tetradic

#BC3D43 #83BC3D #3DBCB6 #773DBC

square

#BC3D43 #83BC3D #3DBCB6 #773DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D43 #3DBC77 #3D83BC

monochromatic

#601F22 #8E2E33 #BC3D43 #CE686D #DD969A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D43

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D43	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.163 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a77',
    500: '#bc3d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d43;
$custom-light: #d77a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54438,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D43

secondary

#8CC9C6

accent

#DAD44D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D43

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

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