#BC2A44#BC2A44

#BC2A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.181 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A44
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 68)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 58.04, 21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 61.93, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.1732 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.181 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6128, 12.7681, 6.7415)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A44 #2ABCA2

analogous

#BC2A8D #BC2A44 #BC592A

triadic

#BC2A44 #44BC2A #2A44BC

tetradic

#BC2A44 #8DBC2A #2ABCA2 #592ABC

square

#BC2A44 #8DBC2A #2ABCA2 #592ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A44 #2ABC59 #2A8DBC

monochromatic

#581420 #8A1F32 #BC2A44 #D74C65 #E27E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#BC2A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A44

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A44	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.181 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87177',
    500: '#bc2a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a44;
$custom-light: #d87177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.315,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52627,
    "c": 0.18085,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A44

secondary

#77CBBC

accent

#E7C941

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A44

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

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