#BC3D47#BC3D47

#BC3D47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D47
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 51.43, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 56.34, 24.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1527 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.162 20)
XYZ	xyz(23.5474, 14.4871, 7.5164)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D47 #3DBCB2

analogous

#BC3D87 #BC3D47 #BC733D

triadic

#BC3D47 #47BC3D #3D47BC

tetradic

#BC3D47 #87BC3D #3DBCB2 #733DBC

square

#BC3D47 #87BC3D #3DBCB2 #733DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D47 #3DBC73 #3D87BC

monochromatic

#601F24 #8E2E36 #BC3D47 #CE6870 #DD969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BC3D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3D47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D47

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D47	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a7a',
    500: '#bc3d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d47;
$custom-light: #d77a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.276,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54513,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.14484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D47

secondary

#8CC9C4

accent

#DACF4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D47

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

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