#BC2E50#BC2E50

#BC2E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.178 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E50
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.10, 57.57, 15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.10, 59.50, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1739 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.178 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1663, 13.2279, 8.9212)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E50 #2EBC9A

analogous

#BC2E97 #BC2E50 #BC532E

triadic

#BC2E50 #50BC2E #2E50BC

tetradic

#BC2E50 #97BC2E #2EBC9A #532EBC

square

#BC2E50 #97BC2E #2EBC9A #532EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E50 #2EBC53 #2E97BC

monochromatic

#5A1626 #8B223B #BC2E50 #D55272 #E1849A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#BC2E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC2E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E50

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E50	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79704C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.178 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77380',
    500: '#bc2e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e50;
$custom-light: #d77380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.634,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53219,
    "c": 0.17788,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E50

secondary

#7CCAB7

accent

#E4BE44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E50

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

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