#BC2E41#BC2E41

#BC2E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.177 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E41
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 56.61, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 61.46, 22.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.168 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.177 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6726, 13.0304, 6.3213)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E41 #2EBCA9

analogous

#BC2E88 #BC2E41 #BC622E

triadic

#BC2E41 #41BC2E #2E41BC

tetradic

#BC2E41 #88BC2E #2EBCA9 #622EBC

square

#BC2E41 #88BC2E #2EBCA9 #622EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E41 #2EBC62 #2E88BC

monochromatic

#5A161F #8B2230 #BC2E41 #D55264 #E18490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC2E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E41

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E41	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.177 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87375',
    500: '#bc2e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e41;
$custom-light: #d87375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.972,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52904,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E41

secondary

#7CCAC0

accent

#E4CE44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E41

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

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