#BC2D29#BC2D29

#BC2D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.180 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D29
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 55.83, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 67.36, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1604 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.18 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0803, 12.7317, 3.3922)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D29 #29B8BC

analogous

#BC296E #BC2D29 #BC7729

triadic

#BC2D29 #29BC2D #2D29BC

tetradic

#BC2D29 #6EBC29 #29B8BC #7729BC

square

#BC2D29 #6EBC29 #29B8BC #7729BC

split-complementary

#BC2D29 #29BC77 #296EBC

monochromatic

#581513 #8A211E #BC2D29 #D84E4B #E3807D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#BC2D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D29

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D29	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.180 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97264',
    500: '#bc2d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d29;
$custom-light: #d97264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.633,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5246,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D29

secondary

#76C9CB

accent

#E3E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D29

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

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