#BC2B45#BC2B45

#BC2B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.180 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B45
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 57.80, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 61.54, 20.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1726 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.18 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6795, 12.8522, 6.9156)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B45 #2BBCA2

analogous

#BC2B8E #BC2B45 #BC592B

triadic

#BC2B45 #45BC2B #2B45BC

tetradic

#BC2B45 #8EBC2B #2BBCA2 #592BBC

square

#BC2B45 #8EBC2B #2BBCA2 #592BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B45 #2BBC59 #2B8EBC

monochromatic

#581420 #8A2033 #BC2B45 #D64E66 #E28091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B45

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B45	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.180 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87278',
    500: '#bc2b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b45;
$custom-light: #d87278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.241,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52728,
    "c": 0.18,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B45

secondary

#78CBBC

accent

#E6C842

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B45

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

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