#BC2C45#BC2C45

#BC2C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.179 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C45
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 57.48, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 61.30, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.1716 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.179 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7163, 12.9258, 6.9279)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C45 #2CBCA3

analogous

#BC2C8D #BC2C45 #BC5B2C

triadic

#BC2C45 #45BC2C #2C45BC

tetradic

#BC2C45 #8DBC2C #2CBCA3 #5B2CBC

square

#BC2C45 #8DBC2C #2CBCA3 #5B2CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C45 #2CBC5B #2C8DBC

monochromatic

#591521 #8A2033 #BC2C45 #D64F67 #E18192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#BC2C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C45

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C45	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.179 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87278',
    500: '#bc2c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c45;
$custom-light: #d87278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.583,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5281,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C45

secondary

#79CABC

accent

#E5C943

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C45

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

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