#BC2B41#BC2B41

#BC2B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.180 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B41
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 57.56, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 62.18, 22.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1711 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.18 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5595, 12.8042, 6.2836)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B41 #2BBCA6

analogous

#BC2B89 #BC2B41 #BC5E2B

triadic

#BC2B41 #41BC2B #2B41BC

tetradic

#BC2B41 #89BC2B #2BBCA6 #5E2BBC

square

#BC2B41 #89BC2B #2BBCA6 #5E2BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B41 #2BBC5E #2B89BC

monochromatic

#58141F #8A2030 #BC2B41 #D64E62 #E2808E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#BC2B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#BC2B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B41

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B41	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)

#555141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.180 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87275',
    500: '#bc2b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b41;
$custom-light: #d87275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.897,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5265,
    "c": 0.18001,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B41

secondary

#78CBBE

accent

#E6CD42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B41

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

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