#BC223E#BC223E

#BC223E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.187 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC223E
RGB	rgb(188, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 59.95, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 64.64, 21.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1781 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.187 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1831, 12.1867, 5.7407)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC223E #22BCA0

analogous

#BC228B #BC223E #BC5322

triadic

#BC223E #3EBC22 #223EBC

tetradic

#BC223E #8BBC22 #22BCA0 #5322BC

square

#BC223E #8BBC22 #22BCA0 #5322BC

split-complementary

#BC223E #22BC53 #228BBC

monochromatic

#540F1C #88192D #BC223E #DC3F5C #E67388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BC223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC223E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC223E	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.187 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86e73',
    500: '#bc223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc223e;
$custom-light: #d86e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51926,
    "c": 0.18704,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC223E

secondary

#6DCDBB

accent

#ECCC3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC223E

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

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