#BC2E23#BC2E23

#BC2E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.180 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E23
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 55.31, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 68.86, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1575 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.18 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0221, 12.7702, 2.8951)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E23 #23B1BC

analogous

#BC2364 #BC2E23 #BC7A23

triadic

#BC2E23 #23BC2E #2E23BC

tetradic

#BC2E23 #64BC23 #23B1BC #7A23BC

square

#BC2E23 #64BC23 #23B1BC #7A23BC

split-complementary

#BC2E23 #23BC7A #2364BC

monochromatic

#551510 #882119 #BC2E23 #DC4C41 #E57C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#BC2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BC2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E23

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E23	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)

#5A5020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.180 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da725f',
    500: '#bc2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e23;
$custom-light: #da725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.314,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52485,
    "c": 0.18038,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E23

secondary

#6FC6CC

accent

#DFEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E23

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

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