#BC3F48#BC3F48

#BC3F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.160 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F48
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 50.67, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 55.57, 24.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1504 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.16 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6886, 14.7175, 7.7230)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F48 #3FBCB3

analogous

#BC3F87 #BC3F48 #BC753F

triadic

#BC3F48 #48BC3F #3F48BC

tetradic

#BC3F48 #87BC3F #3FBCB3 #753FBC

square

#BC3F48 #87BC3F #3FBCB3 #753FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F48 #3FBC75 #3F87BC

monochromatic

#602025 #8E3036 #BC3F48 #CD6B72 #DD999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BC3F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BC3F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F48

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F48	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)

#5F5A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.160 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b7b',
    500: '#bc3f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f48;
$custom-light: #d77b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54759,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F48

secondary

#8EC9C4

accent

#D9CF4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F48

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

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