#BC3E53#BC3E53

#BC3E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.161 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E53
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 51.87, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 54.34, 17.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.1561 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.161 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0252, 14.7644, 9.7666)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E53 #3EBCA7

analogous

#BC3E92 #BC3E53 #BC683E

triadic

#BC3E53 #53BC3E #3E53BC

tetradic

#BC3E53 #92BC3E #3EBCA7 #683EBC

square

#BC3E53 #92BC3E #3EBCA7 #683EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E53 #3EBC68 #3E92BC

monochromatic

#60202A #8E2F3F #BC3E53 #CE6A7A #DD98A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC3E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC3E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E53

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E53	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.161 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b83',
    500: '#bc3e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e53;
$custom-light: #d67b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54878,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E53

secondary

#8DC9BF

accent

#DAC34E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E53

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

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