#BC2A49#BC2A49

#BC2A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.181 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A49
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 58.35, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 61.25, 17.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1752 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.181 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7720, 12.8317, 7.5797)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A49 #2ABC9D

analogous

#BC2A92 #BC2A49 #BC542A

triadic

#BC2A49 #49BC2A #2A49BC

tetradic

#BC2A49 #92BC2A #2ABC9D #542ABC

square

#BC2A49 #92BC2A #2ABC9D #542ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A49 #2ABC54 #2A92BC

monochromatic

#581422 #8A1F36 #BC2A49 #D74C6A #E27E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#BC2A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A49

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A49	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.181 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8717b',
    500: '#bc2a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a49;
$custom-light: #d8717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.26,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5273,
    "c": 0.18099,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A49

secondary

#77CBB9

accent

#E7C341

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A49

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

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