#BC3D46#BC3D46

#BC3D46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D46
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 51.36, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 56.52, 24.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1523 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.162 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5156, 14.4743, 7.3487)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D46 #3DBCB3

analogous

#BC3D86 #BC3D46 #BC743D

triadic

#BC3D46 #46BC3D #3D46BC

tetradic

#BC3D46 #86BC3D #3DBCB3 #743DBC

square

#BC3D46 #86BC3D #3DBCB3 #743DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D46 #3DBC74 #3D86BC

monochromatic

#601F24 #8E2E35 #BC3D46 #CE686F #DD969B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BC3D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BC3D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D46

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D46	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a79',
    500: '#bc3d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d46;
$custom-light: #d77a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.748,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54494,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D46

secondary

#8CC9C4

accent

#DAD04D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D46

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

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