#BC232B#BC232B

#BC232B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.187 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC232B
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 58.85, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 68.70, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1704 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.187 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7788, 12.0714, 3.4683)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC232B #23BCB4

analogous

#BC2377 #BC232B #BC6723

triadic

#BC232B #2BBC23 #232BBC

tetradic

#BC232B #77BC23 #23BCB4 #6723BC

square

#BC232B #77BC23 #23BCB4 #6723BC

split-complementary

#BC232B #23BC67 #2377BC

monochromatic

#551013 #88191F #BC232B #DC4149 #E5747A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC232B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC232B	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)

#544C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.187 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6e65',
    500: '#bc232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc232b;
$custom-light: #da6e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.863,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51704,
    "c": 0.18746,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC232B

secondary

#6FCCC7

accent

#EBE23C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC232B

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

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