#BC2B49#BC2B49

#BC2B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.180 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC2B49
RGBrgb(188, 43, 73)
HSLhsl(348, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(348, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.62, 58.05, 18.75)
CIE-LCHlch(42.62, 61.00, 17.90°)
OKLaboklab(52.81% 0.1742 0.0458)
OKLCHoklch(52.81% 0.18 14.7)
XYZxyz(22.8079, 12.9035, 7.5917)
Luminance0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC2B49 #2BBC9E
analogous
#BC2B92 #BC2B49 #BC552B
triadic
#BC2B49 #49BC2B #2B49BC
tetradic
#BC2B49 #92BC2B #2BBC9E #552BBC
square
#BC2B49 #92BC2B #2BBC9E #552BBC
split-complementary
#BC2B49 #2BBC55 #2B92BC
monochromatic
#581422 #8A2036 #BC2B49 #D64E6A #E28094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87
#BC2B49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58
#BC2B49 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B49
5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC2B49#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC2B491.005.873.585.87
#FFFFFF5.871.0021.001.00
#0000003.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.871.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#545149
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#796F45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE0038
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc2b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.180 14.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7727b',
    500: '#bc2b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc2b49;
$custom-light: #d7727b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc2b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52811,
    "c": 0.18012,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC2B49
secondary
#78CBBA
accent
#E6C442
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FCEDED
border
#D5C8C8
text
#160909
muted
#847B7B

Preview Lab

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#BC2B49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva