#BC2E51#BC2E51

#BC2E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.178 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2E51
RGB	rgb(188, 46, 81)
HSL	hsl(345, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 57.64, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 59.42, 14.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1743 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.178 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2035, 13.2428, 9.1173)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2E51 #2EBC99

analogous

#BC2E98 #BC2E51 #BC522E

triadic

#BC2E51 #51BC2E #2E51BC

tetradic

#BC2E51 #98BC2E #2EBC99 #522EBC

square

#BC2E51 #98BC2E #2EBC99 #522EBC

split-complementary

#BC2E51 #2EBC52 #2E98BC

monochromatic

#5A1627 #8B223C #BC2E51 #D55273 #E1849B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#BC2E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BC2E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2E51

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2E51	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)

#545351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 46, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.178 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77381',
    500: '#bc2e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2e51;
$custom-light: #d77381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.211,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2E51

secondary

#7CCAB7

accent

#E4BC44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2E51

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

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