#BC2A41#BC2A41

#BC2A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.181 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A41
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 57.87, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 62.41, 22.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1721 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.181 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5236, 12.7324, 6.2716)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A41 #2ABCA5

analogous

#BC2A8A #BC2A41 #BC5C2A

triadic

#BC2A41 #41BC2A #2A41BC

tetradic

#BC2A41 #8ABC2A #2ABCA5 #5C2ABC

square

#BC2A41 #8ABC2A #2ABCA5 #5C2ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A41 #2ABC5C #2A8ABC

monochromatic

#58141E #8A1F30 #BC2A41 #D74C62 #E27E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#BC2A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A41

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A41	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.181 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87175',
    500: '#bc2a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a41;
$custom-light: #d87175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.548,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52569,
    "c": 0.18085,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A41

secondary

#77CBBE

accent

#E7CC41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A41

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

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