#BC2038#BC2038

#BC2038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.189 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2038
RGB	rgb(188, 32, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 60.15, 27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 66.15, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1774 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.189 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9719, 12.0134, 4.9025)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2038 #20BCA4

analogous

#BC2086 #BC2038 #BC5620

triadic

#BC2038 #38BC20 #2038BC

tetradic

#BC2038 #86BC20 #20BCA4 #5620BC

square

#BC2038 #86BC20 #20BCA4 #5620BC

split-complementary

#BC2038 #20BC56 #2086BC

monochromatic

#530E19 #881728 #BC2038 #DE3B54 #E77082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#BC2038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#BC2038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2038

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2038	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 32, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.189 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96d6e',
    500: '#bc2038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2038;
$custom-light: #d96d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.18853,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2038

secondary

#6BCDBE

accent

#EED23A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2038

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

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