#BC221D#BC221D

#BC221D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.190 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC221D
RGB	rgb(188, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 58.69, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 72.71, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.167 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.19 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5356, 11.9277, 2.3305)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC221D #1DB7BC

analogous

#BC1D67 #BC221D #BC721D

triadic

#BC221D #1DBC22 #221DBC

tetradic

#BC221D #67BC1D #1DB7BC #721DBC

square

#BC221D #67BC1D #1DB7BC #721DBC

split-complementary

#BC221D #1DBC72 #1D67BC

monochromatic

#520F0D #871815 #BC221D #E03C36 #E86F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#BC221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#BC221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC221D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC221D	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.190 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6d5b',
    500: '#bc221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc221d;
$custom-light: #db6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.887,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51491,
    "c": 0.18959,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC221D

secondary

#67CBCE

accent

#EAF038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC221D

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

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