#BC2C27#BC2C27

#BC2C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.181 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C27
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, 56.09, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 68.12, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1608 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.181 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0086, 12.6427, 3.2005)
Luminance	0.1264 (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

#BC2C27 #27B7BC

analogous

#BC276D #BC2C27 #BC7627

triadic

#BC2C27 #27BC2C #2C27BC

tetradic

#BC2C27 #6DBC27 #27B7BC #7627BC

square

#BC2C27 #6DBC27 #27B7BC #7627BC

split-complementary

#BC2C27 #27BC76 #276DBC

monochromatic

#571412 #89201C #BC2C27 #D94C47 #E37E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#BC2C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BC2C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C27

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C27	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.181 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7162',
    500: '#bc2c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c27;
$custom-light: #da7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52352,
    "c": 0.1814,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C27

secondary

#73C8CB

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C27

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

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