#BC2E29#BC2E29

#BC2E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.180 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E29
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 55.50, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 67.16, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1593 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.18 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1189, 12.8089, 3.4051)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E29 #29B7BC

analogous

#BC296D #BC2E29 #BC7829

triadic

#BC2E29 #29BC2E #2E29BC

tetradic

#BC2E29 #6DBC29 #29B7BC #7829BC

square

#BC2E29 #6DBC29 #29B7BC #7829BC

split-complementary

#BC2E29 #29BC78 #296DBC

monochromatic

#581513 #8A221E #BC2E29 #D84F4B #E3807D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#BC2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#BC2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E29

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E29	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.180 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97264',
    500: '#bc2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e29;
$custom-light: #d97264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52547,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E29

secondary

#76C8CB

accent

#E2E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E29

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

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