#BC2D0B#BC2D0B

#BC2D0B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.184 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D0B
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 11)
HSL	hsl(12, 89%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 94%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 94.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 55.15, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 75.27, 42.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1535 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.184 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7406, 12.5958, 1.6031)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D0B #0B9ABC

analogous

#BC0B42 #BC2D0B #BC860B

triadic

#BC2D0B #0BBC2D #2D0BBC

tetradic

#BC2D0B #42BC0B #0B9ABC #860BBC

square

#BC2D0B #42BC0B #0B9ABC #860BBC

split-complementary

#BC2D0B #0BBC86 #0B42BC

monochromatic

#481104 #821F08 #BC2D0B #F13E13 #F56D4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#BC2D0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#BC2D0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D0B

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D0B	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.184 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7152',
    500: '#bc2d0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d0b;
$custom-light: #db7152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.525,
    "s": 88.945,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52239,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D0B

secondary

#4DBBD6

accent

#D6FF29

background

#FFF7F4

surface

#FEEDE7

border

#D6C8C3

text

#170803

muted

#857B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D0B

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

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