#BC232F#BC232F

#BC232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.187 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC232F
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 59.00, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 67.68, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1717 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.187 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8558, 12.1022, 3.8739)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC232F #23BCB0

analogous

#BC237B #BC232F #BC6323

triadic

#BC232F #2FBC23 #232FBC

tetradic

#BC232F #7BBC23 #23BCB0 #6323BC

square

#BC232F #7BBC23 #23BCB0 #6323BC

split-complementary

#BC232F #23BC63 #237BBC

monochromatic

#551015 #881922 #BC232F #DC414D #E5747D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#BC232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#BC232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC232F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC232F	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)

#544D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.187 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e67',
    500: '#bc232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc232f;
$custom-light: #d96e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51756,
    "c": 0.18709,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC232F

secondary

#6FCCC5

accent

#EBDE3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC232F

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

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