#BC2C4E#BC2C4E

#BC2C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.180 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C4E
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 78)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 58.07, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 60.21, 15.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1752 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.18 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0172, 13.0461, 8.5124)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C4E #2CBC9A

analogous

#BC2C96 #BC2C4E #BC522C

triadic

#BC2C4E #4EBC2C #2C4EBC

tetradic

#BC2C4E #96BC2C #2CBC9A #522CBC

square

#BC2C4E #96BC2C #2CBC9A #522CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C4E #2CBC52 #2C96BC

monochromatic

#591525 #8A2039 #BC2C4E #D64F6F #E18198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC2C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C4E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C4E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.180 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7727f',
    500: '#bc2c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c4e;
$custom-light: #d7727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53003,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C4E

secondary

#79CAB7

accent

#E5BF43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C4E

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

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