#BC3F49#BC3F49

#BC3F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.160 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F49
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 50.74, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 55.39, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1508 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.16 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7214, 14.7307, 7.8962)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F49 #3FBCB2

analogous

#BC3F88 #BC3F49 #BC743F

triadic

#BC3F49 #49BC3F #3F49BC

tetradic

#BC3F49 #88BC3F #3FBCB2 #743FBC

square

#BC3F49 #88BC3F #3FBCB2 #743FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F49 #3FBC74 #3F88BC

monochromatic

#602025 #8E3037 #BC3F49 #CD6B73 #DD999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#BC3F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#BC3F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F49

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F49	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.160 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b7b',
    500: '#bc3f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f49;
$custom-light: #d77b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54779,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F49

secondary

#8EC9C4

accent

#D9CE4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F49

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

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