#BC2E31#BC2E31

#BC2E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.179 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E31
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 55.81, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 65.00, 30.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.162 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.179 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2730, 12.8706, 4.2166)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E31 #2EBCB9

analogous

#BC2E78 #BC2E31 #BC722E

triadic

#BC2E31 #31BC2E #2E31BC

tetradic

#BC2E31 #78BC2E #2EBCB9 #722EBC

square

#BC2E31 #78BC2E #2EBCB9 #722EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E31 #2EBC72 #2E78BC

monochromatic

#5A1617 #8B2224 #BC2E31 #D55255 #E18486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E31

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E31	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)

#595130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.179 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97269',
    500: '#bc2e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e31;
$custom-light: #d97269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.732,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52647,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E31

secondary

#7CCAC8

accent

#E4E044

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E31

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

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