#BC2422#BC2422

#BC2422 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2422
RGB	rgb(188, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 58.30, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 70.99, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1667 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.188 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6613, 12.0722, 2.7027)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2422 #22BABC

analogous

#BC226D #BC2422 #BC7122

triadic

#BC2422 #22BC24 #2422BC

tetradic

#BC2422 #6DBC22 #22BABC #7122BC

square

#BC2422 #6DBC22 #22BABC #7122BC

split-complementary

#BC2422 #22BC71 #226DBC

monochromatic

#54100F #881A19 #BC2422 #DC413F #E67473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC2422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC2422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2422

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2422	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6e5e',
    500: '#bc2422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2422;
$custom-light: #da6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.779,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51675,
    "c": 0.18776,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2422

secondary

#6DCBCD

accent

#EAEC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2422

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

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