#BC2B48#BC2B48

#BC2B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.180 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B48
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 57.98, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 61.12, 18.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1738 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.18 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7750, 12.8904, 7.4185)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B48 #2BBC9F

analogous

#BC2B90 #BC2B48 #BC562B

triadic

#BC2B48 #48BC2B #2B48BC

tetradic

#BC2B48 #90BC2B #2BBC9F #562BBC

square

#BC2B48 #90BC2B #2BBC9F #562BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B48 #2BBC56 #2B90BC

monochromatic

#581422 #8A2035 #BC2B48 #D64E69 #E28093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B48

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B48	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.180 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8727a',
    500: '#bc2b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b48;
$custom-light: #d8727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52789,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B48

secondary

#78CBBA

accent

#E6C542

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B48

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

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