#BC3E47#BC3E47

#BC3E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.161 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E47
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 71)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.07, 51.02, 23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.07, 56.04, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1514 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.161 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6013, 14.5948, 7.5343)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E47 #3EBCB3

analogous

#BC3E86 #BC3E47 #BC743E

triadic

#BC3E47 #47BC3E #3E47BC

tetradic

#BC3E47 #86BC3E #3EBCB3 #743EBC

square

#BC3E47 #86BC3E #3EBCB3 #743EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E47 #3EBC74 #3E86BC

monochromatic

#602024 #8E2F36 #BC3E47 #CE6A71 #DD989C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BC3E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E47

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E47	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)

#5F5A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.161 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b7a',
    500: '#bc3e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e47;
$custom-light: #d77b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54626,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E47

secondary

#8DC9C4

accent

#DAD04E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E47

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

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