#BC203B#BC203B

#BC203B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC203B
RGB	rgb(188, 32, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 60.30, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 65.56, 23.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1785 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.188 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0475, 12.0436, 5.3006)
Luminance	0.1204 (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

#BC203B #20BCA1

analogous

#BC2089 #BC203B #BC5320

triadic

#BC203B #3BBC20 #203BBC

tetradic

#BC203B #89BC20 #20BCA1 #5320BC

square

#BC203B #89BC20 #20BCA1 #5320BC

split-complementary

#BC203B #20BC53 #2089BC

monochromatic

#530E1A #88172B #BC203B #DE3B58 #E77084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#BC203B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC203B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC203B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC203B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC203B	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc203b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 32, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96d70',
    500: '#bc203b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc203b;
$custom-light: #d96d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc203b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.615,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51743,
    "c": 0.18844,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC203B

secondary

#6BCDBC

accent

#EECF3A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC203B

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

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