#BC2C50#BC2C50

#BC2C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.180 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2C50
RGB	rgb(188, 44, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 58.21, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 60.04, 14.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1759 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.18 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0900, 13.0753, 8.8958)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2C50 #2CBC98

analogous

#BC2C98 #BC2C50 #BC502C

triadic

#BC2C50 #50BC2C #2C50BC

tetradic

#BC2C50 #98BC2C #2CBC98 #502CBC

square

#BC2C50 #98BC2C #2CBC98 #502CBC

split-complementary

#BC2C50 #2CBC50 #2C98BC

monochromatic

#591526 #8A203B #BC2C50 #D64F71 #E18199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BC2C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2C50

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2C50	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 44, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.180 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77280',
    500: '#bc2c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2c50;
$custom-light: #d77280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5305,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2C50

secondary

#79CAB6

accent

#E5BD43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2C50

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

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