#BC232E#BC232E

#BC232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.187 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC232E
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 58.96, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 67.93, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1714 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.187 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8358, 12.0942, 3.7689)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC232E #23BCB1

analogous

#BC237A #BC232E #BC6423

triadic

#BC232E #2EBC23 #232EBC

tetradic

#BC232E #7ABC23 #23BCB1 #6423BC

square

#BC232E #7ABC23 #23BCB1 #6423BC

split-complementary

#BC232E #23BC64 #237ABC

monochromatic

#551015 #881921 #BC232E #DC414C #E5747C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#BC232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#BC232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC232E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC232E	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.187 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e67',
    500: '#bc232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc232e;
$custom-light: #d96e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.686,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51742,
    "c": 0.18717,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC232E

secondary

#6FCCC6

accent

#EBDF3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC232E

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

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