#BC3E4A#BC3E4A

#BC3E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.161 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E4A
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 74)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 51.22, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 55.53, 22.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1525 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.161 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7000, 14.6343, 8.0540)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E4A #3EBCB0

analogous

#BC3E89 #BC3E4A #BC713E

triadic

#BC3E4A #4ABC3E #3E4ABC

tetradic

#BC3E4A #89BC3E #3EBCB0 #713EBC

square

#BC3E4A #89BC3E #3EBCB0 #713EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E4A #3EBC71 #3E89BC

monochromatic

#602026 #8E2F38 #BC3E4A #CE6A73 #DD989E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#BC3E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC3E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E4A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E4A	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.161 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b7c',
    500: '#bc3e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e4a;
$custom-light: #d77b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54684,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E4A

secondary

#8DC9C3

accent

#DACD4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E4A

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

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