#BC2B47#BC2B47

#BC2B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.180 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B47
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 71)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 57.92, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 61.26, 19.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.1734 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.18 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7426, 12.8774, 7.2481)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B47 #2BBCA0

analogous

#BC2B8F #BC2B47 #BC582B

triadic

#BC2B47 #47BC2B #2B47BC

tetradic

#BC2B47 #8FBC2B #2BBCA0 #582BBC

square

#BC2B47 #8FBC2B #2BBCA0 #582BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B47 #2BBC58 #2B8FBC

monochromatic

#581421 #8A2034 #BC2B47 #D64E68 #E28093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B47

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B47	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.180 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8727a',
    500: '#bc2b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b47;
$custom-light: #d8727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.414,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52768,
    "c": 0.18005,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B47

secondary

#78CBBB

accent

#E6C642

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B47

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

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