#BC2E4A#BC2E4A

#BC2E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.177 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E4A
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 74)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 57.16, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 60.11, 18.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1715 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.177 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9544, 13.1431, 7.8054)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E4A #2EBCA0

analogous

#BC2E91 #BC2E4A #BC592E

triadic

#BC2E4A #4ABC2E #2E4ABC

tetradic

#BC2E4A #91BC2E #2EBCA0 #592EBC

square

#BC2E4A #91BC2E #2EBCA0 #592EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E4A #2EBC59 #2E91BC

monochromatic

#5A1623 #8B2237 #BC2E4A #D5526C #E18496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BC2E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC2E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E4A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E4A	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)

#55534A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.177 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7737c',
    500: '#bc2e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e4a;
$custom-light: #d7737c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.169,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53084,
    "c": 0.17747,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E4A

secondary

#7CCABB

accent

#E4C444

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E4A

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

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