#BC3E57#BC3E57

#BC3E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.162 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E57
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 52.19, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 54.00, 14.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1577 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.162 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1841, 14.8279, 10.6036)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E57 #3EBCA3

analogous

#BC3E96 #BC3E57 #BC643E

triadic

#BC3E57 #57BC3E #3E57BC

tetradic

#BC3E57 #96BC3E #3EBCA3 #643EBC

square

#BC3E57 #96BC3E #3EBCA3 #643EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E57 #3EBC64 #3E96BC

monochromatic

#60202C #8E2F42 #BC3E57 #CE6A7D #DD98A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BC3E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BC3E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E57

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E57	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)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.162 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b86',
    500: '#bc3e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e57;
$custom-light: #d67b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.095,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54972,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E57

secondary

#8DC9BD

accent

#DABE4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E57

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

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