#BC223F#BC223F

#BC223F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.187 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC223F
RGB	rgb(188, 34, 63)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 60.00, 23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 64.46, 21.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.1785 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.187 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2108, 12.1978, 5.8866)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC223F #22BC9F

analogous

#BC228C #BC223F #BC5222

triadic

#BC223F #3FBC22 #223FBC

tetradic

#BC223F #8CBC22 #22BC9F #5222BC

square

#BC223F #8CBC22 #22BC9F #5222BC

split-complementary

#BC223F #22BC52 #228CBC

monochromatic

#540F1C #88192E #BC223F #DC3F5D #E67388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BC223F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC223F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC223F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC223F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC223F	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)

#514D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc223f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 34, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.187 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86e73',
    500: '#bc223f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc223f;
$custom-light: #d86e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc223f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.701,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51945,
    "c": 0.18704,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC223F

secondary

#6DCDBB

accent

#ECCB3C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC223F

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

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