#BC232A#BC232A

#BC232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC232A
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 58.82, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 68.97, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.17 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.188 25)
XYZ	xyz(21.7606, 12.0641, 3.3729)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC232A #23BCB5

analogous

#BC2376 #BC232A #BC6823

triadic

#BC232A #2ABC23 #232ABC

tetradic

#BC232A #76BC23 #23BCB5 #6823BC

square

#BC232A #76BC23 #23BCB5 #6823BC

split-complementary

#BC232A #23BC68 #2376BC

monochromatic

#551013 #88191E #BC232A #DC4148 #E57479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC232A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC232A	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)

#544C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6e64',
    500: '#bc232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc232a;
$custom-light: #da6e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.255,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.18756,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.12061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC232A

secondary

#6FCCC8

accent

#EBE33C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC232A

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

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