#BC3F43#BC3F43

#BC3F43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.161 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F43
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 67)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 50.35, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 56.54, 27.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1485 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.161 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5320, 14.6549, 6.8987)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F43 #3FBCB8

analogous

#BC3F82 #BC3F43 #BC7A3F

triadic

#BC3F43 #43BC3F #3F43BC

tetradic

#BC3F43 #82BC3F #3FBCB8 #7A3FBC

square

#BC3F43 #82BC3F #3FBCB8 #7A3FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F43 #3FBC7A #3F82BC

monochromatic

#602022 #8E3033 #BC3F43 #CD6B6E #DD999B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BC3F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BC3F43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F43

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F43	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.161 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b77',
    500: '#bc3f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f43;
$custom-light: #d77b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.08,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54666,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F43

secondary

#8EC9C7

accent

#D9D54E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F43

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

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