#BC2D49#BC2D49

#BC2D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.178 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2D49
RGB	rgb(188, 45, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 57.41, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 60.49, 18.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1722 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.178 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8824, 13.0526, 7.6165)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2D49 #2DBCA0

analogous

#BC2D90 #BC2D49 #BC592D

triadic

#BC2D49 #49BC2D #2D49BC

tetradic

#BC2D49 #90BC2D #2DBCA0 #592DBC

square

#BC2D49 #90BC2D #2DBCA0 #592DBC

split-complementary

#BC2D49 #2DBC59 #2D90BC

monochromatic

#591523 #8B2136 #BC2D49 #D5516B #E18295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC2D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2D49

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2D49	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)

#555249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 45, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.178 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7737b',
    500: '#bc2d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2d49;
$custom-light: #d7737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.252,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52977,
    "c": 0.17834,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2D49

secondary

#7BCABB

accent

#E4C543

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2D49

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

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