#BC233E#BC233E

#BC233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.186 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC233E
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 59.69, 24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 64.44, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1773 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.186 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2121, 12.2447, 5.7504)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC233E #23BCA1

analogous

#BC238A #BC233E #BC5423

triadic

#BC233E #3EBC23 #233EBC

tetradic

#BC233E #8ABC23 #23BCA1 #5423BC

square

#BC233E #8ABC23 #23BCA1 #5423BC

split-complementary

#BC233E #23BC54 #238ABC

monochromatic

#55101C #88192D #BC233E #DC415C #E57488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#BC233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#BC233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC233E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC233E	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.186 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f73',
    500: '#bc233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc233e;
$custom-light: #d86f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51993,
    "c": 0.18633,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC233E

secondary

#6FCCBC

accent

#EBCD3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC233E

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

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