#BC2D46#BC2D46

#BC2D46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.178 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D46
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 70)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 57.23, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 60.90, 20.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.171 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.178 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7853, 13.0137, 7.1053)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D46 #2DBCA3

analogous

#BC2D8E #BC2D46 #BC5B2D

triadic

#BC2D46 #46BC2D #2D46BC

tetradic

#BC2D46 #8EBC2D #2DBCA3 #5B2DBC

square

#BC2D46 #8EBC2D #2DBCA3 #5B2DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D46 #2DBC5B #2D8EBC

monochromatic

#591521 #8B2134 #BC2D46 #D55168 #E18293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC2D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D46

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D46	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)

#555246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.178 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87379',
    500: '#bc2d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d46;
$custom-light: #d87379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.51,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52915,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D46

secondary

#7BCABC

accent

#E4C843

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D46

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

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