#BC3F50#BC3F50

#BC3F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.160 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F50
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 80)
HSL	hsl(352, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 51.23, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 54.35, 19.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1536 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.16 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9667, 14.8288, 9.1881)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F50 #3FBCAB

analogous

#BC3F8F #BC3F50 #BC6D3F

triadic

#BC3F50 #50BC3F #3F50BC

tetradic

#BC3F50 #8FBC3F #3FBCAB #6D3FBC

square

#BC3F50 #8FBC3F #3FBCAB #6D3FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F50 #3FBC6D #3F8FBC

monochromatic

#602029 #8E303C #BC3F50 #CD6B78 #DD99A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BC3F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#BC3F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F50

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F50	1.00	5.30	3.97	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.160 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b80',
    500: '#bc3f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f50;
$custom-light: #d67b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.84,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54924,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F50

secondary

#8EC9C1

accent

#D9C64E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F50

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

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