#BC252E#BC252E

#BC252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC252E
RGB	rgb(188, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 58.42, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 67.57, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1697 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.186 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8964, 12.2153, 3.7891)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC252E #25BCB3

analogous

#BC257A #BC252E #BC6825

triadic

#BC252E #2EBC25 #252EBC

tetradic

#BC252E #7ABC25 #25BCB3 #6825BC

square

#BC252E #7ABC25 #25BCB3 #6825BC

split-complementary

#BC252E #25BC68 #257ABC

monochromatic

#561115 #891B21 #BC252E #DA444D #E4777E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#BC252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC252E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC252E	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96f67',
    500: '#bc252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc252e;
$custom-light: #d96f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.424,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51884,
    "c": 0.1858,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC252E

secondary

#71CCC6

accent

#EAE03E

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC252E

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

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