#BC2432#BC2432

#BC2432 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2432
RGB	rgb(188, 36, 50)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 58.86, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 66.76, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1719 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.186 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9482, 12.1869, 4.2136)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2432 #24BCAE

analogous

#BC247E #BC2432 #BC6224

triadic

#BC2432 #32BC24 #2432BC

tetradic

#BC2432 #7EBC24 #24BCAE #6224BC

square

#BC2432 #7EBC24 #24BCAE #6224BC

split-complementary

#BC2432 #24BC62 #247EBC

monochromatic

#551017 #891A24 #BC2432 #DB4250 #E57680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BC2432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC2432 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2432

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2432	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 36, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96f6a',
    500: '#bc2432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2432;
$custom-light: #d96f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.474,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51867,
    "c": 0.18615,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2432

secondary

#70CCC4

accent

#EBDB3D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2432

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

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