#BC2E4E#BC2E4E

#BC2E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.178 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E4E
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, 57.42, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 59.67, 15.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.1731 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.178 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0935, 13.1988, 8.5378)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E4E #2EBC9C

analogous

#BC2E95 #BC2E4E #BC552E

triadic

#BC2E4E #4EBC2E #2E4EBC

tetradic

#BC2E4E #95BC2E #2EBC9C #552EBC

square

#BC2E4E #95BC2E #2EBC9C #552EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E4E #2EBC55 #2E95BC

monochromatic

#5A1625 #8B223A #BC2E4E #D55270 #E18499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BC2E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BC2E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E4E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E4E	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79704A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.178 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7737f',
    500: '#bc2e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e4e;
$custom-light: #d7737f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.479,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53172,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E4E

secondary

#7CCAB8

accent

#E4C044

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E4E

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

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