#BC3E46#BC3E46

#BC3E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E46
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 50.95, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 56.23, 25.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.151 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.161 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5695, 14.5821, 7.3667)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E46 #3EBCB4

analogous

#BC3E85 #BC3E46 #BC753E

triadic

#BC3E46 #46BC3E #3E46BC

tetradic

#BC3E46 #85BC3E #3EBCB4 #753EBC

square

#BC3E46 #85BC3E #3EBCB4 #753EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E46 #3EBC75 #3E85BC

monochromatic

#602024 #8E2F35 #BC3E46 #CE6A70 #DD989C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC3E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E46

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E46	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b79',
    500: '#bc3e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e46;
$custom-light: #d77b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54607,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E46

secondary

#8DC9C5

accent

#DAD14E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E46

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

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