#BC242F#BC242F

#BC242F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.186 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC242F
RGB	rgb(188, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 58.74, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 67.50, 29.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1709 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.186 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8856, 12.1619, 3.8839)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC242F #24BCB1

analogous

#BC247B #BC242F #BC6524

triadic

#BC242F #2FBC24 #242FBC

tetradic

#BC242F #7BBC24 #24BCB1 #6524BC

square

#BC242F #7BBC24 #24BCB1 #6524BC

split-complementary

#BC242F #24BC65 #247BBC

monochromatic

#551015 #891A22 #BC242F #DB424D #E5767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#BC242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#BC242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC242F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC242F	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.186 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e68',
    500: '#bc242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc242f;
$custom-light: #d96e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.658,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51825,
    "c": 0.1864,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC242F

secondary

#70CCC5

accent

#EBDE3D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC242F

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

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