#BC203E#BC203E

#BC203E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.188 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC203E
RGB	rgb(188, 32, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 60.45, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 65.02, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1797 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.188 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1276, 12.0757, 5.7222)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC203E #20BC9E

analogous

#BC208C #BC203E #BC5020

triadic

#BC203E #3EBC20 #203EBC

tetradic

#BC203E #8CBC20 #20BC9E #5020BC

square

#BC203E #8CBC20 #20BC9E #5020BC

split-complementary

#BC203E #20BC50 #208CBC

monochromatic

#530E1C #88172D #BC203E #DE3B5B #E77087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC203E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC203E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC203E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC203E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC203E	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)

#514D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc203e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 32, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.188 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e73',
    500: '#bc203e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc203e;
$custom-light: #d96e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc203e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51797,
    "c": 0.18841,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC203E

secondary

#6BCDBA

accent

#EECB3A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC203E

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

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