#BC3E52#BC3E52

#BC3E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.161 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E52
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.29, 51.80, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.29, 54.44, 17.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1557 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.161 15)
XYZ	xyz(23.9868, 14.7490, 9.5648)
Luminance	0.1475 (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

#BC3E52 #3EBCA8

analogous

#BC3E91 #BC3E52 #BC693E

triadic

#BC3E52 #52BC3E #3E52BC

tetradic

#BC3E52 #91BC3E #3EBCA8 #693EBC

square

#BC3E52 #91BC3E #3EBCA8 #693EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E52 #3EBC69 #3E91BC

monochromatic

#60202A #8E2F3E #BC3E52 #CE6A79 #DD98A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#BC3E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC3E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E52

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E52	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.161 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b82',
    500: '#bc3e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e52;
$custom-light: #d67b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.476,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54855,
    "c": 0.16119,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.14746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E52

secondary

#8DC9BF

accent

#DAC44E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E52

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

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