#BC3E5B#BC3E5B

#BC3E5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.162 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3E5B
RGB	rgb(188, 62, 91)
HSL	hsl(346, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 52.52, 11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 53.77, 12.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.1592 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.162 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3521, 14.8951, 11.4882)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3E5B #3EBC9F

analogous

#BC3E9A #BC3E5B #BC603E

triadic

#BC3E5B #5BBC3E #3E5BBC

tetradic

#BC3E5B #9ABC3E #3EBC9F #603EBC

square

#BC3E5B #9ABC3E #3EBC9F #603EBC

split-complementary

#BC3E5B #3EBC60 #3E9ABC

monochromatic

#60202E #8E2F45 #BC3E5B #CE6A81 #DD98A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#BC3E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BC3E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3E5B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3E5B	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 62, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.162 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b89',
    500: '#bc3e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3e5b;
$custom-light: #d67b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55071,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3E5B

secondary

#8DC9BB

accent

#DABA4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEF0

border

#D4C9CB

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3E5B

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

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