#BC3F55#BC3F55

#BC3F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.160 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F55
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 51.62, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 53.81, 16.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1556 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.16 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1584, 14.9055, 10.1975)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3F55 #3FBCA6

analogous

#BC3F94 #BC3F55 #BC683F

triadic

#BC3F55 #55BC3F #3F55BC

tetradic

#BC3F55 #94BC3F #3FBCA6 #683FBC

square

#BC3F55 #94BC3F #3FBCA6 #683FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F55 #3FBC68 #3F94BC

monochromatic

#60202C #8E3040 #BC3F55 #CD6B7C #DD99A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#BC3F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BC3F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F55

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F55	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.160 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b84',
    500: '#bc3f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f55;
$custom-light: #d67b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.44,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55037,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F55

secondary

#8EC9BE

accent

#D9C14E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F55

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

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