#BC3F59#BC3F59

#BC3F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.161 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3F59
RGB	rgb(188, 63, 89)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 51.94, 12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 53.52, 13.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1572 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.161 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3218, 14.9708, 11.0582)
Luminance	0.1497 (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

#BC3F59 #3FBCA2

analogous

#BC3F98 #BC3F59 #BC643F

triadic

#BC3F59 #59BC3F #3F59BC

tetradic

#BC3F59 #98BC3F #3FBCA2 #643FBC

square

#BC3F59 #98BC3F #3FBCA2 #643FBC

split-complementary

#BC3F59 #3FBC64 #3F98BC

monochromatic

#60202E #8E3043 #BC3F59 #CD6B7F #DD99A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC3F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC3F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3F59

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3F59	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 63, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.161 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b87',
    500: '#bc3f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3f59;
$custom-light: #d67b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.52,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55133,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3F59

secondary

#8EC9BC

accent

#D9BC4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3F59

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

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