#BC3E43#BC3E43

#BC3E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.162 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E43
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 67)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 50.77, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 56.82, 26.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.1498 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.162 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4772, 14.5452, 6.8804)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E43 #3EBCB7

analogous

#BC3E82 #BC3E43 #BC783E

triadic

#BC3E43 #43BC3E #3E43BC

tetradic

#BC3E43 #82BC3E #3EBCB7 #783EBC

square

#BC3E43 #82BC3E #3EBCB7 #783EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E43 #3EBC78 #3E82BC

monochromatic

#602022 #8E2F33 #BC3E43 #CE6A6D #DD989A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E43

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E43	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.162 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a77',
    500: '#bc3e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e43;
$custom-light: #d77a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.619,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54551,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E43

secondary

#8DC9C6

accent

#DAD44E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E43

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

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