#BC2E34#BC2E34

#BC2E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.178 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E34
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 55.94, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 64.25, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1631 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.178 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3384, 12.8967, 4.5612)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E34 #2EBCB6

analogous

#BC2E7B #BC2E34 #BC6F2E

triadic

#BC2E34 #34BC2E #2E34BC

tetradic

#BC2E34 #7BBC2E #2EBCB6 #6F2EBC

square

#BC2E34 #7BBC2E #2EBCB6 #6F2EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E34 #2EBC6F #2E7BBC

monochromatic

#5A1619 #8B2226 #BC2E34 #D55258 #E18488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E34

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E34	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)

#585133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.178 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9736b',
    500: '#bc2e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e34;
$custom-light: #d9736b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.465,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52689,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E34

secondary

#7CCAC7

accent

#E4DD44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E34

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

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