#BC3F46#BC3F46

#BC3F46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F46
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 70)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 50.54, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 55.94, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1496 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.16 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.6244, 14.6919, 7.3850)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F46 #3FBCB5

analogous

#BC3F85 #BC3F46 #BC773F

triadic

#BC3F46 #46BC3F #3F46BC

tetradic

#BC3F46 #85BC3F #3FBCB5 #773FBC

square

#BC3F46 #85BC3F #3FBCB5 #773FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F46 #3FBC77 #3F85BC

monochromatic

#602024 #8E3035 #BC3F46 #CD6B70 #DD999C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC3F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC3F46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F46

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F46	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b79',
    500: '#bc3f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f46;
$custom-light: #d77b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.64,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54721,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F46

secondary

#8EC9C5

accent

#D9D24E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F46

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

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