#BC2B27#BC2B27

#BC2B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.182 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B27
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 56.40, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 68.31, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1618 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.182 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9718, 12.5691, 3.1882)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B27 #27B8BC

analogous

#BC276D #BC2B27 #BC7627

triadic

#BC2B27 #27BC2B #2B27BC

tetradic

#BC2B27 #6DBC27 #27B8BC #7627BC

square

#BC2B27 #6DBC27 #27B8BC #7627BC

split-complementary

#BC2B27 #27BC76 #276DBC

monochromatic

#571412 #891F1C #BC2B27 #D94B47 #E37D7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#BC2B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#BC2B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B27

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B27	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.182 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7162',
    500: '#bc2b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b27;
$custom-light: #da7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.611,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52267,
    "c": 0.18217,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B27

secondary

#73C9CB

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B27

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

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