#BC2F23#BC2F23

#BC2F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.180 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F23
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 54.97, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 68.66, 36.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1565 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.18 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0616, 12.8492, 2.9083)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F23 #23B0BC

analogous

#BC2363 #BC2F23 #BC7B23

triadic

#BC2F23 #23BC2F #2F23BC

tetradic

#BC2F23 #63BC23 #23B0BC #7B23BC

square

#BC2F23 #63BC23 #23B0BC #7B23BC

split-complementary

#BC2F23 #23BC7B #2363BC

monochromatic

#551510 #882219 #BC2F23 #DC4D41 #E57D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#BC2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#BC2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F23

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F23	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.180 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7360',
    500: '#bc2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f23;
$custom-light: #da7360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52574,
    "c": 0.1796,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F23

secondary

#6FC5CC

accent

#DEEB3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F23

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

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