#BC2C43#BC2C43

#BC2C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.179 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C43
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 57.37, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 61.61, 21.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.1708 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.179 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6553, 12.9014, 6.6064)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C43 #2CBCA5

analogous

#BC2C8B #BC2C43 #BC5D2C

triadic

#BC2C43 #43BC2C #2C43BC

tetradic

#BC2C43 #8BBC2C #2CBCA5 #5D2CBC

square

#BC2C43 #8BBC2C #2CBCA5 #5D2CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C43 #2CBC5D #2C8BBC

monochromatic

#591520 #8A2031 #BC2C43 #D64F65 #E18190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C43

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C43	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)

#555143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.179 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87277',
    500: '#bc2c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c43;
$custom-light: #d87277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52771,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C43

secondary

#79CABD

accent

#E5CB43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C43

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

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