#BC2941#BC2941

#BC2941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.182 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2941
RGB	rgb(188, 41, 65)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 58.17, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 62.64, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.173 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.182 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4886, 12.6623, 6.2599)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2941 #29BCA4

analogous

#BC298B #BC2941 #BC5A29

triadic

#BC2941 #41BC29 #2941BC

tetradic

#BC2941 #8BBC29 #29BCA4 #5A29BC

square

#BC2941 #8BBC29 #29BCA4 #5A29BC

split-complementary

#BC2941 #29BC5A #298BBC

monochromatic

#58131E #8A1E30 #BC2941 #D84B62 #E37D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#BC2941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BC2941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2941

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2941	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 41, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.182 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87175',
    500: '#bc2941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2941;
$custom-light: #d87175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.204,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52489,
    "c": 0.18167,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2941

secondary

#76CBBD

accent

#E7CC41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2941

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

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