#BC1F39#BC1F39

#BC1F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.189 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC1F39
RGB	rgb(188, 31, 57)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 60.44, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 66.13, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1786 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.189 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9701, 11.9702, 5.0238)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC1F39 #1FBCA2

analogous

#BC1F87 #BC1F39 #BC541F

triadic

#BC1F39 #39BC1F #1F39BC

tetradic

#BC1F39 #87BC1F #1FBCA2 #541FBC

square

#BC1F39 #87BC1F #1FBCA2 #541FBC

split-complementary

#BC1F39 #1FBC54 #1F87BC

monochromatic

#530E19 #871629 #BC1F39 #DE3A55 #E76E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#BC1F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#BC1F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC1F39

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC1F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC1F39	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc1f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 31, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.189 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96d6f',
    500: '#bc1f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc1f39;
$custom-light: #d96d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc1f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.064,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.18915,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC1F39

secondary

#69CDBD

accent

#EED039

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC1F39

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

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