#BC2C42#BC2C42

#BC2C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.179 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C42
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 57.31, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 61.77, 21.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1705 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.179 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6255, 12.8895, 6.4498)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C42 #2CBCA6

analogous

#BC2C8A #BC2C42 #BC5E2C

triadic

#BC2C42 #42BC2C #2C42BC

tetradic

#BC2C42 #8ABC2C #2CBCA6 #5E2CBC

square

#BC2C42 #8ABC2C #2CBCA6 #5E2CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C42 #2CBC5E #2C8ABC

monochromatic

#59151F #8A2031 #BC2C42 #D64F64 #E18190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C42

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C42	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.179 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87276',
    500: '#bc2c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c42;
$custom-light: #d87276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52752,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C42

secondary

#79CABE

accent

#E5CC43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C42

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

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