#BC2D48#BC2D48

#BC2D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.178 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D48
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 72)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 57.35, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 60.62, 18.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1718 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.178 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8495, 13.0394, 7.4433)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D48 #2DBCA1

analogous

#BC2D8F #BC2D48 #BC592D

triadic

#BC2D48 #48BC2D #2D48BC

tetradic

#BC2D48 #8FBC2D #2DBCA1 #592DBC

square

#BC2D48 #8FBC2D #2DBCA1 #592DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D48 #2DBC59 #2D8FBC

monochromatic

#591522 #8B2135 #BC2D48 #D5516A #E18294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC2D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D48

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D48	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.178 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7737a',
    500: '#bc2d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d48;
$custom-light: #d7737a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.671,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52956,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D48

secondary

#7BCABB

accent

#E4C643

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D48

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

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