#BC2B4B#BC2B4B

#BC2B4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.180 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B4B
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 75)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 58.18, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 60.77, 16.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.175 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.18 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8753, 12.9305, 7.9466)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B4B #2BBC9C

analogous

#BC2B93 #BC2B4B #BC542B

triadic

#BC2B4B #4BBC2B #2B4BBC

tetradic

#BC2B4B #93BC2B #2BBC9C #542BBC

square

#BC2B4B #93BC2B #2BBC9C #542BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B4B #2BBC54 #2B93BC

monochromatic

#581423 #8A2037 #BC2B4B #D64E6C #E28095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#BC2B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#BC2B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B4B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B4B	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54524B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.180 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7727d',
    500: '#bc2b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b4b;
$custom-light: #d7727d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.759,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52854,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B4B

secondary

#78CBB8

accent

#E6C242

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B4B

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

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