#BC2C23#BC2C23

#BC2C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.182 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C23
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, 55.96, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 69.25, 36.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1596 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.182 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9458, 12.6176, 2.8697)
Luminance	0.1261 (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

#BC2C23 #23B3BC

analogous

#BC2366 #BC2C23 #BC7823

triadic

#BC2C23 #23BC2C #2C23BC

tetradic

#BC2C23 #66BC23 #23B3BC #7823BC

square

#BC2C23 #66BC23 #23B3BC #7823BC

split-complementary

#BC2C23 #23BC78 #2366BC

monochromatic

#551410 #882019 #BC2C23 #DC4A41 #E57B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#BC2C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#BC2C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C23

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C23	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.182 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da715f',
    500: '#bc2c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c23;
$custom-light: #da715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52311,
    "c": 0.18193,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C23

secondary

#6FC7CC

accent

#E1EB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C23

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

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