#BC3F45#BC3F45

#BC3F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F45
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 50.48, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 56.13, 25.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1493 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.16 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5931, 14.6793, 7.2201)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F45 #3FBCB6

analogous

#BC3F84 #BC3F45 #BC783F

triadic

#BC3F45 #45BC3F #3F45BC

tetradic

#BC3F45 #84BC3F #3FBCB6 #783FBC

square

#BC3F45 #84BC3F #3FBCB6 #783FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F45 #3FBC78 #3F84BC

monochromatic

#602023 #8E3034 #BC3F45 #CD6B70 #DD999C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BC3F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC3F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F45

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F45	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b78',
    500: '#bc3f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f45;
$custom-light: #d77b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.12,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54702,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F45

secondary

#8EC9C6

accent

#D9D34E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F45

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

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