#BC2E33#BC2E33

#BC2E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.178 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E33
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 51)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 55.90, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 64.49, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1627 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.178 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3161, 12.8878, 4.4439)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E33 #2EBCB7

analogous

#BC2E7A #BC2E33 #BC702E

triadic

#BC2E33 #33BC2E #2E33BC

tetradic

#BC2E33 #7ABC2E #2EBCB7 #702EBC

square

#BC2E33 #7ABC2E #2EBCB7 #702EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E33 #2EBC70 #2E7ABC

monochromatic

#5A1618 #8B2226 #BC2E33 #D55257 #E18487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E33

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E33	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.178 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9726b',
    500: '#bc2e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e33;
$custom-light: #d9726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.887,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52675,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E33

secondary

#7CCAC7

accent

#E4DE44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E33

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

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