#BC2423#BC2423

#BC2423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.188 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2423
RGB	rgb(188, 36, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 58.33, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 70.71, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.167 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.188 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6760, 12.0780, 2.7798)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2423 #23BBBC

analogous

#BC236E #BC2423 #BC7023

triadic

#BC2423 #23BC24 #2423BC

tetradic

#BC2423 #6EBC23 #23BBBC #7023BC

square

#BC2423 #6EBC23 #23BBBC #7023BC

split-complementary

#BC2423 #23BC70 #236EBC

monochromatic

#551010 #881A19 #BC2423 #DC4241 #E57574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BC2423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BC2423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2423

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2423	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)

#554C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 36, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.188 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6e5f',
    500: '#bc2423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2423;
$custom-light: #da6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.392,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51685,
    "c": 0.18764,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2423

secondary

#6FCCCC

accent

#EAEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2423

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

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