#BC3E59#BC3E59

#BC3E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.162 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E59
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(347, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 52.35, 12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 53.87, 13.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1585 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.162 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2669, 14.8611, 11.0399)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E59 #3EBCA1

analogous

#BC3E98 #BC3E59 #BC623E

triadic

#BC3E59 #59BC3E #3E59BC

tetradic

#BC3E59 #98BC3E #3EBCA1 #623EBC

square

#BC3E59 #98BC3E #3EBCA1 #623EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E59 #3EBC62 #3E98BC

monochromatic

#60202D #8E2F43 #BC3E59 #CE6A7F #DD98A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#BC3E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#BC3E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E59

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E59	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.162 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b87',
    500: '#bc3e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e59;
$custom-light: #d67b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55021,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E59

secondary

#8DC9BC

accent

#DABC4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E59

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

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