#BC233B#BC233B

#BC233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC233B
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 59.54, 26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 65.00, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% 0.1761 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.186 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1320, 12.2127, 5.3288)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC233B #23BCA4

analogous

#BC2387 #BC233B #BC5723

triadic

#BC233B #3BBC23 #233BBC

tetradic

#BC233B #87BC23 #23BCA4 #5723BC

square

#BC233B #87BC23 #23BCA4 #5723BC

split-complementary

#BC233B #23BC57 #2387BC

monochromatic

#55101B #88192B #BC233B #DC4159 #E57486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#BC233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC233B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC233B	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e70',
    500: '#bc233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc233b;
$custom-light: #d96e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5194,
    "c": 0.18638,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC233B

secondary

#6FCCBE

accent

#EBD03C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC233B

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

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