#BC2622#BC2622

#BC2622 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.186 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2622
RGB	rgb(188, 38, 34)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 57.74, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 70.64, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.165 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.186 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7236, 12.1966, 2.7234)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2622 #22B8BC

analogous

#BC226B #BC2622 #BC7322

triadic

#BC2622 #22BC26 #2622BC

tetradic

#BC2622 #6BBC22 #22B8BC #7322BC

square

#BC2622 #6BBC22 #22B8BC #7322BC

split-complementary

#BC2622 #22BC73 #226BBC

monochromatic

#54110F #881C19 #BC2622 #DC433F #E67673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BC2622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BC2622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2622

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2622	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)

#564D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 38, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.186 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6f5e',
    500: '#bc2622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2622;
$custom-light: #da6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.558,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51821,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2622

secondary

#6DCACD

accent

#E8EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2622

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

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