#BC2E43#BC2E43

#BC2E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.177 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E43
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 56.72, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 61.12, 21.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1688 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.177 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7316, 13.0540, 6.6318)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E43 #2EBCA7

analogous

#BC2E8A #BC2E43 #BC602E

triadic

#BC2E43 #43BC2E #2E43BC

tetradic

#BC2E43 #8ABC2E #2EBCA7 #602EBC

square

#BC2E43 #8ABC2E #2EBCA7 #602EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E43 #2EBC60 #2E8ABC

monochromatic

#5A1620 #8B2231 #BC2E43 #D55266 #E18491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BC2E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E43

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E43	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)

#565243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.177 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87377',
    500: '#bc2e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e43;
$custom-light: #d87377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.127,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52942,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E43

secondary

#7CCABE

accent

#E4CC44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E43

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

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