#BC2A26#BC2A26

#BC2A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.183 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A26
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 56.68, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 68.79, 34.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1624 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.183 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9195, 12.4907, 3.0902)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A26 #26B8BC

analogous

#BC266D #BC2A26 #BC7526

triadic

#BC2A26 #26BC2A #2A26BC

tetradic

#BC2A26 #6DBC26 #26B8BC #7526BC

square

#BC2A26 #6DBC26 #26B8BC #7526BC

split-complementary

#BC2A26 #26BC75 #266DBC

monochromatic

#561311 #891F1C #BC2A26 #DA4A46 #E47B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#BC2A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#BC2A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A26

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A26	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.183 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7161',
    500: '#bc2a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a26;
$custom-light: #da7161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52174,
    "c": 0.18305,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A26

secondary

#72C9CC

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A26

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

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