#BC3E49#BC3E49

#BC3E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.161 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E49
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 51.15, 22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 55.69, 23.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1521 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.161 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6666, 14.6209, 7.8779)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E49 #3EBCB1

analogous

#BC3E88 #BC3E49 #BC723E

triadic

#BC3E49 #49BC3E #3E49BC

tetradic

#BC3E49 #88BC3E #3EBCB1 #723EBC

square

#BC3E49 #88BC3E #3EBCB1 #723EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E49 #3EBC72 #3E88BC

monochromatic

#602025 #8E2F37 #BC3E49 #CE6A72 #DD989E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC3E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BC3E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E49

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E49	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)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.161 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b7b',
    500: '#bc3e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e49;
$custom-light: #d77b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.762,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54664,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E49

secondary

#8DC9C3

accent

#DACE4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E49

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

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