#BC2E44#BC2E44

#BC2E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.177 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E44
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 56.78, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 60.96, 21.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1692 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.177 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7618, 13.0661, 6.7912)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E44 #2EBCA6

analogous

#BC2E8B #BC2E44 #BC5F2E

triadic

#BC2E44 #44BC2E #2E44BC

tetradic

#BC2E44 #8BBC2E #2EBCA6 #5F2EBC

square

#BC2E44 #8BBC2E #2EBCA6 #5F2EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E44 #2EBC5F #2E8BBC

monochromatic

#5A1620 #8B2232 #BC2E44 #D55267 #E18492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BC2E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BC2E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E44

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E44	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.177 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87377',
    500: '#bc2e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e44;
$custom-light: #d87377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.704,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52961,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E44

secondary

#7CCABE

accent

#E4CB44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E44

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

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