#BC2B44#BC2B44

#BC2B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.180 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B44
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 57.74, 21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 61.69, 20.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1722 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.18 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6487, 12.8399, 6.7535)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B44 #2BBCA3

analogous

#BC2B8D #BC2B44 #BC5A2B

triadic

#BC2B44 #44BC2B #2B44BC

tetradic

#BC2B44 #8DBC2B #2BBCA3 #5A2BBC

square

#BC2B44 #8DBC2B #2BBCA3 #5A2BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B44 #2BBC5A #2B8DBC

monochromatic

#581420 #8A2032 #BC2B44 #D64E65 #E28090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#BC2B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B44

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B44	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.180 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87277',
    500: '#bc2b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b44;
$custom-light: #d87277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52708,
    "c": 0.17999,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B44

secondary

#78CBBC

accent

#E6CA42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B44

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

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