#BC2A46#BC2A46

#BC2A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.181 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A46
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 70)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 58.17, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 61.64, 19.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.174 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.181 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6749, 12.7929, 7.0685)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A46 #2ABCA0

analogous

#BC2A8F #BC2A46 #BC572A

triadic

#BC2A46 #46BC2A #2A46BC

tetradic

#BC2A46 #8FBC2A #2ABCA0 #572ABC

square

#BC2A46 #8FBC2A #2ABCA0 #572ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A46 #2ABC57 #2A8FBC

monochromatic

#581421 #8A1F33 #BC2A46 #D74C67 #E27E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#BC2A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#BC2A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A46

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A46	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.181 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87179',
    500: '#bc2a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a46;
$custom-light: #d87179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.493,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52667,
    "c": 0.18088,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A46

secondary

#77CBBB

accent

#E7C741

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A46

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

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