#BC2E49#BC2E49

#BC2E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.177 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E49
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 57.09, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 60.23, 18.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1711 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.177 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9210, 13.1298, 7.6294)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E49 #2EBCA1

analogous

#BC2E90 #BC2E49 #BC5A2E

triadic

#BC2E49 #49BC2E #2E49BC

tetradic

#BC2E49 #90BC2E #2EBCA1 #5A2EBC

square

#BC2E49 #90BC2E #2EBCA1 #5A2EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E49 #2EBC5A #2E90BC

monochromatic

#5A1623 #8B2236 #BC2E49 #D5526B #E18495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BC2E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC2E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E49

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E49	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.177 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7737b',
    500: '#bc2e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e49;
$custom-light: #d7737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.592,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53063,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E49

secondary

#7CCABB

accent

#E4C544

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E49

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

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