#BC3E45#BC3E45

#BC3E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E45
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 50.89, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 56.42, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1506 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.161 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5382, 14.5696, 7.2018)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E45 #3EBCB5

analogous

#BC3E84 #BC3E45 #BC763E

triadic

#BC3E45 #45BC3E #3E45BC

tetradic

#BC3E45 #84BC3E #3EBCB5 #763EBC

square

#BC3E45 #84BC3E #3EBCB5 #763EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E45 #3EBC76 #3E84BC

monochromatic

#602023 #8E2F34 #BC3E45 #CE6A6F #DD989B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BC3E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BC3E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E45

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E45	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)

#5F5A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a78',
    500: '#bc3e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e45;
$custom-light: #d77a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54588,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E45

secondary

#8DC9C5

accent

#DAD24E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E45

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

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