#BC203D#BC203D

#BC203D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.188 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC203D
RGB	rgb(188, 32, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 60.40, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 65.19, 22.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1793 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.188 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1004, 12.0648, 5.5790)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC203D #20BC9F

analogous

#BC208B #BC203D #BC5120

triadic

#BC203D #3DBC20 #203DBC

tetradic

#BC203D #8BBC20 #20BC9F #5120BC

square

#BC203D #8BBC20 #20BC9F #5120BC

split-complementary

#BC203D #20BC51 #208BBC

monochromatic

#530E1B #88172C #BC203D #DE3B5A #E77086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC203D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC203D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC203D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC203D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC203D	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)

#514D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc203d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 32, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.188 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96d72',
    500: '#bc203d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc203d;
$custom-light: #d96d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc203d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.846,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51779,
    "c": 0.18842,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC203D

secondary

#6BCDBB

accent

#EECC3A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC203D

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

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