#BC2B46#BC2B46

#BC2B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.180 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B46
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 57.86, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 61.40, 19.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.173 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.18 16)
XYZ	xyz(22.7108, 12.8647, 7.0805)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B46 #2BBCA1

analogous

#BC2B8E #BC2B46 #BC592B

triadic

#BC2B46 #46BC2B #2B46BC

tetradic

#BC2B46 #8EBC2B #2BBCA1 #592BBC

square

#BC2B46 #8EBC2B #2BBCA1 #592BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B46 #2BBC59 #2B8EBC

monochromatic

#581421 #8A2033 #BC2B46 #D64E67 #E28092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B46

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B46	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)

#545146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.180 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87279',
    500: '#bc2b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b46;
$custom-light: #d87279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.828,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52748,
    "c": 0.18003,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.12861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B46

secondary

#78CBBB

accent

#E6C742

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B46

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

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