#BC2D45#BC2D45

#BC2D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.178 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D45
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 57.17, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 61.05, 20.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1706 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.178 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7540, 13.0012, 6.9404)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D45 #2DBCA4

analogous

#BC2D8C #BC2D45 #BC5C2D

triadic

#BC2D45 #45BC2D #2D45BC

tetradic

#BC2D45 #8CBC2D #2DBCA4 #5C2DBC

square

#BC2D45 #8CBC2D #2DBCA4 #5C2DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D45 #2DBC5C #2D8CBC

monochromatic

#591521 #8B2133 #BC2D45 #D55167 #E18292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC2D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D45

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D45	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.178 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87278',
    500: '#bc2d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d45;
$custom-light: #d87278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.93,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52895,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D45

secondary

#7BCABD

accent

#E4C943

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D45

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

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