#BC3E50#BC3E50

#BC3E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.161 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E50
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 51.65, 17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 54.67, 19.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1549 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.161 16)
XYZ	xyz(23.9118, 14.7190, 9.1698)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E50 #3EBCAA

analogous

#BC3E8F #BC3E50 #BC6B3E

triadic

#BC3E50 #50BC3E #3E50BC

tetradic

#BC3E50 #8FBC3E #3EBCAA #6B3EBC

square

#BC3E50 #8FBC3E #3EBCAA #6B3EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E50 #3EBC6B #3E8FBC

monochromatic

#602029 #8E2F3C #BC3E50 #CE6A78 #DD98A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC3E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC3E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E50

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E50	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.161 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b80',
    500: '#bc3e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e50;
$custom-light: #d67b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54811,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.14716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E50

secondary

#8DC9C0

accent

#DAC64E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E50

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

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