#BC233F#BC233F

#BC233F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.186 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC233F
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 63)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 59.75, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 64.27, 21.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1777 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.186 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2398, 12.2558, 5.8962)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC233F #23BCA0

analogous

#BC238B #BC233F #BC5423

triadic

#BC233F #3FBC23 #233FBC

tetradic

#BC233F #8BBC23 #23BCA0 #5423BC

square

#BC233F #8BBC23 #23BCA0 #5423BC

split-complementary

#BC233F #23BC54 #238BBC

monochromatic

#55101C #88192E #BC233F #DC415D #E57489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#BC233F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#BC233F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC233F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC233F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC233F	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)

#524E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc233f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.186 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d86f73',
    500: '#bc233f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc233f;
$custom-light: #d86f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc233f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52012,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC233F

secondary

#6FCCBB

accent

#EBCB3C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC233F

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

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