#BC3E55#BC3E55

#BC3E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.161 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E55
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 52.03, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 54.15, 16.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1569 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.161 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1035, 14.7957, 10.1792)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E55 #3EBCA5

analogous

#BC3E94 #BC3E55 #BC663E

triadic

#BC3E55 #55BC3E #3E55BC

tetradic

#BC3E55 #94BC3E #3EBCA5 #663EBC

square

#BC3E55 #94BC3E #3EBCA5 #663EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E55 #3EBC66 #3E94BC

monochromatic

#60202B #8E2F40 #BC3E55 #CE6A7C #DD98A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#BC3E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC3E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E55

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E55	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.161 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b84',
    500: '#bc3e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e55;
$custom-light: #d67b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54924,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E55

secondary

#8DC9BE

accent

#DAC04E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E55

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

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