#BC2A4A#BC2A4A

#BC2A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.181 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A4A
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 74)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 58.42, 18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 61.13, 17.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1756 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.181 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8054, 12.8451, 7.7558)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A4A #2ABC9C

analogous

#BC2A93 #BC2A4A #BC532A

triadic

#BC2A4A #4ABC2A #2A4ABC

tetradic

#BC2A4A #93BC2A #2ABC9C #532ABC

square

#BC2A4A #93BC2A #2ABC9C #532ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A4A #2ABC53 #2A93BC

monochromatic

#581423 #8A1F36 #BC2A4A #D74C6B #E27E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A4A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A4A	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.181 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7717c',
    500: '#bc2a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a4a;
$custom-light: #d7717c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52751,
    "c": 0.18104,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A4A

secondary

#77CBB8

accent

#E7C241

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A4A

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

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