#BC3D45#BC3D45

#BC3D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.163 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D45
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 51.30, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 56.71, 25.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.1519 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.163 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4843, 14.4618, 7.1839)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D45 #3DBCB4

analogous

#BC3D85 #BC3D45 #BC753D

triadic

#BC3D45 #45BC3D #3D45BC

tetradic

#BC3D45 #85BC3D #3DBCB4 #753DBC

square

#BC3D45 #85BC3D #3DBCB4 #753DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D45 #3DBC75 #3D85BC

monochromatic

#601F23 #8E2E34 #BC3D45 #CE686F #DD969B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BC3D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D45

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D45	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)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.163 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a78',
    500: '#bc3d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d45;
$custom-light: #d77a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.22,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54475,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D45

secondary

#8CC9C5

accent

#DAD24D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D45

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

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