#BC3D48#BC3D48

#BC3D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D48
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 51.49, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 56.16, 23.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1531 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.162 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5798, 14.5000, 7.6868)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D48 #3DBCB1

analogous

#BC3D88 #BC3D48 #BC723D

triadic

#BC3D48 #48BC3D #3D48BC

tetradic

#BC3D48 #88BC3D #3DBCB1 #723DBC

square

#BC3D48 #88BC3D #3DBCB1 #723DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D48 #3DBC72 #3D88BC

monochromatic

#601F25 #8E2E36 #BC3D48 #CE6871 #DD969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BC3D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BC3D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D48

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D48	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)

#5E5948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a7a',
    500: '#bc3d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d48;
$custom-light: #d77a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.803,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54532,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D48

secondary

#8CC9C3

accent

#DACE4D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D48

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

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