#BC2A4E#BC2A4E

#BC2A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.181 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(345, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 58.68, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 60.73, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.1772 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.181 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9445, 12.9007, 8.4882)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2A4E #2ABC98

analogous

#BC2A97 #BC2A4E #BC4F2A

triadic

#BC2A4E #4EBC2A #2A4EBC

tetradic

#BC2A4E #97BC2A #2ABC98 #4F2ABC

square

#BC2A4E #97BC2A #2ABC98 #4F2ABC

split-complementary

#BC2A4E #2ABC4F #2A97BC

monochromatic

#581424 #8A1F39 #BC2A4E #D74C6E #E27E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2A4E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2A4E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.181 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7717f',
    500: '#bc2a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2a4e;
$custom-light: #d7717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.205,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52841,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2A4E

secondary

#77CBB6

accent

#E7BE41

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2A4E

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

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