#BC222F#BC222F

#BC222F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC222F
RGB	rgb(188, 34, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 59.26, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 67.85, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1725 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.188 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8268, 12.0442, 3.8643)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC222F #22BCAF

analogous

#BC227C #BC222F #BC6222

triadic

#BC222F #2FBC22 #222FBC

tetradic

#BC222F #7CBC22 #22BCAF #6222BC

square

#BC222F #7CBC22 #22BCAF #6222BC

split-complementary

#BC222F #22BC62 #227CBC

monochromatic

#540F15 #881922 #BC222F #DC3F4C #E6737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#BC222F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC222F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC222F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC222F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC222F	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)

#544C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc222f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 34, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e67',
    500: '#bc222f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc222f;
$custom-light: #d96e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc222f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.935,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51688,
    "c": 0.18776,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC222F

secondary

#6DCDC4

accent

#ECDD3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC222F

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

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