#BC203A#BC203A

#BC203A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC203A
RGB	rgb(188, 32, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 60.25, 26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 65.75, 23.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1782 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.188 19)
XYZ	xyz(22.0218, 12.0334, 5.1653)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC203A #20BCA2

analogous

#BC2088 #BC203A #BC5420

triadic

#BC203A #3ABC20 #203ABC

tetradic

#BC203A #88BC20 #20BCA2 #5420BC

square

#BC203A #88BC20 #20BCA2 #5420BC

split-complementary

#BC203A #20BC54 #2088BC

monochromatic

#530E1A #88172A #BC203A #DE3B57 #E77084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#BC203A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC203A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC203A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC203A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC203A	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc203a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 32, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96d70',
    500: '#bc203a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc203a;
$custom-light: #d96d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc203a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.18847,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.1203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC203A

secondary

#6BCDBD

accent

#EED03A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC203A

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

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