#BC2E47#BC2E47

#BC2E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.177 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E47
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 56.96, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 60.50, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1703 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.177 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8557, 13.1037, 7.2858)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E47 #2EBCA3

analogous

#BC2E8E #BC2E47 #BC5C2E

triadic

#BC2E47 #47BC2E #2E47BC

tetradic

#BC2E47 #8EBC2E #2EBCA3 #5C2EBC

square

#BC2E47 #8EBC2E #2EBCA3 #5C2EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E47 #2EBC5C #2E8EBC

monochromatic

#5A1622 #8B2234 #BC2E47 #D55269 #E18494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#BC2E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BC2E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E47

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E47	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.177 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8737a',
    500: '#bc2e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e47;
$custom-light: #d8737a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.437,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53021,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E47

secondary

#7CCABC

accent

#E4C844

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E47

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

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