#BC3D51#BC3D51

#BC3D51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.162 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3D51
RGB	rgb(188, 61, 81)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 52.13, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 54.88, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1566 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.162 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8952, 14.6262, 9.3478)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3D51 #3DBCA8

analogous

#BC3D91 #BC3D51 #BC693D

triadic

#BC3D51 #51BC3D #3D51BC

tetradic

#BC3D51 #91BC3D #3DBCA8 #693DBC

square

#BC3D51 #91BC3D #3DBCA8 #693DBC

split-complementary

#BC3D51 #3DBC69 #3D91BC

monochromatic

#601F29 #8E2E3D #BC3D51 #CE6878 #DD96A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC3D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3D51

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3D51	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 61, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.162 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a81',
    500: '#bc3d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3d51;
$custom-light: #d67a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.551,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54721,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3D51

secondary

#8CC9BF

accent

#DAC44D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3D51

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

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