#BC3E56#BC3E56

#BC3E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.161 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E56
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 52.11, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 54.07, 15.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1573 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.161 13)
XYZ	xyz(24.1435, 14.8117, 10.3899)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E56 #3EBCA4

analogous

#BC3E95 #BC3E56 #BC653E

triadic

#BC3E56 #56BC3E #3E56BC

tetradic

#BC3E56 #95BC3E #3EBCA4 #653EBC

square

#BC3E56 #95BC3E #3EBCA4 #653EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E56 #3EBC65 #3E95BC

monochromatic

#60202C #8E2F41 #BC3E56 #CE6A7D #DD98A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BC3E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC3E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E56

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E56	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.161 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b85',
    500: '#bc3e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e56;
$custom-light: #d67b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54948,
    "c": 0.16142,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.14809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E56

secondary

#8DC9BD

accent

#DABF4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E56

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

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