#BC2D2E#BC2D2E

#BC2D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.180 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D2E
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 56.02, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 66.00, 31.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.162 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.18 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1732, 12.7689, 3.8814)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D2E #2DBCBB

analogous

#BC2D76 #BC2D2E #BC732D

triadic

#BC2D2E #2EBC2D #2D2EBC

tetradic

#BC2D2E #76BC2D #2DBCBB #732DBC

square

#BC2D2E #76BC2D #2DBCBB #732DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D2E #2DBC73 #2D76BC

monochromatic

#591516 #8B2122 #BC2D2E #D55152 #E18283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#BC2D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D2E

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D2E	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.180 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97267',
    500: '#bc2d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d2e;
$custom-light: #d97267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.58,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5252,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D2E

secondary

#7BCACA

accent

#E4E343

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D2E

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

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