#BC2E30#BC2E30

#BC2E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.179 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E30
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 55.77, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 65.26, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.63% 0.1617 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(52.63% 0.179 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2521, 12.8622, 4.1067)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E30 #2EBCBA

analogous

#BC2E77 #BC2E30 #BC732E

triadic

#BC2E30 #30BC2E #2E30BC

tetradic

#BC2E30 #77BC2E #2EBCBA #732EBC

square

#BC2E30 #77BC2E #2EBCBA #732EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E30 #2EBC73 #2E77BC

monochromatic

#5A1617 #8B2223 #BC2E30 #D55254 #E18485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E30

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E30	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.179 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97268',
    500: '#bc2e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e30;
$custom-light: #d97268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52634,
    "c": 0.1787,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E30

secondary

#7CCAC9

accent

#E4E244

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E30

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

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