#BC271D#BC271D

#BC271D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.186 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC271D
RGB	rgb(188, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 84.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 57.32, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 71.87, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1627 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.186 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6890, 12.2347, 2.3817)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC271D #1DB2BC

analogous

#BC1D62 #BC271D #BC771D

triadic

#BC271D #1DBC27 #271DBC

tetradic

#BC271D #62BC1D #1DB2BC #771DBC

square

#BC271D #62BC1D #1DB2BC #771DBC

split-complementary

#BC271D #1DBC77 #1D62BC

monochromatic

#52110D #871C15 #BC271D #E04136 #E8736B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#BC271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#BC271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC271D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC271D	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.186 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6f5b',
    500: '#bc271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc271d;
$custom-light: #da6f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.774,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51852,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC271D

secondary

#67C8CE

accent

#E4F038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC271D

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

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