#BC2C2F#BC2C2F

#BC2C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.180 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C2F
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 56.38, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 65.94, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.1634 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.18 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1554, 12.7014, 3.9738)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C2F #2CBCB9

analogous

#BC2C77 #BC2C2F #BC712C

triadic

#BC2C2F #2FBC2C #2C2FBC

tetradic

#BC2C2F #77BC2C #2CBCB9 #712CBC

square

#BC2C2F #77BC2C #2CBCB9 #712CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C2F #2CBC71 #2C77BC

monochromatic

#591516 #8A2023 #BC2C2F #D64F52 #E18183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#BC2C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BC2C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C2F

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C2F	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.180 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97268',
    500: '#bc2c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c2f;
$custom-light: #d97268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52447,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C2F

secondary

#79CAC9

accent

#E5E243

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C2F

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

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