#BC1F42#BC1F42

#BC1F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.189 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC1F42
RGB	rgb(188, 31, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 60.90, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 64.56, 19.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.182 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.189 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2149, 12.0682, 6.3129)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC1F42 #1FBC99

analogous

#BC1F90 #BC1F42 #BC4A1F

triadic

#BC1F42 #42BC1F #1F42BC

tetradic

#BC1F42 #90BC1F #1FBC99 #4A1FBC

square

#BC1F42 #90BC1F #1FBC99 #4A1FBC

split-complementary

#BC1F42 #1FBC4A #1F90BC

monochromatic

#530E1D #871630 #BC1F42 #DE3A5E #E76E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC1F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC1F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC1F42

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC1F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC1F42	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc1f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 31, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.189 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86d76',
    500: '#bc1f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc1f42;
$custom-light: #d86d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc1f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.624,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51811,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC1F42

secondary

#69CDB7

accent

#EEC639

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC1F42

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

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