#BC233A#BC233A

#BC233A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC233A
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 59.49, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 65.19, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1757 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.186 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1063, 12.2024, 5.1935)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC233A #23BCA5

analogous

#BC2386 #BC233A #BC5823

triadic

#BC233A #3ABC23 #233ABC

tetradic

#BC233A #86BC23 #23BCA5 #5823BC

square

#BC233A #86BC23 #23BCA5 #5823BC

split-complementary

#BC233A #23BC58 #2386BC

monochromatic

#55101A #88192A #BC233A #DC4158 #E57485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BC233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC233A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC233A	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)

#534D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e70',
    500: '#bc233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc233a;
$custom-light: #d96e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.98,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51923,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC233A

secondary

#6FCCBE

accent

#EBD13C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC233A

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

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