#BC2B43#BC2B43

#BC2B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.180 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B43
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 57.68, 22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 61.85, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1719 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.18 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6185, 12.8278, 6.5941)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B43 #2BBCA4

analogous

#BC2B8B #BC2B43 #BC5B2B

triadic

#BC2B43 #43BC2B #2B43BC

tetradic

#BC2B43 #8BBC2B #2BBCA4 #5B2BBC

square

#BC2B43 #8BBC2B #2BBCA4 #5B2BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B43 #2BBC5B #2B8BBC

monochromatic

#58141F #8A2031 #BC2B43 #D64E64 #E28090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#BC2B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#BC2B43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B43

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B43	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.180 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87276',
    500: '#bc2b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b43;
$custom-light: #d87276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.069,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52688,
    "c": 0.17999,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B43

secondary

#78CBBD

accent

#E6CB42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B43

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

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