#BC2F29#BC2F29

#BC2F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.179 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F29
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 55.17, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 66.95, 34.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.1583 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.179 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1584, 12.8880, 3.4183)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F29 #29B6BC

analogous

#BC296D #BC2F29 #BC7929

triadic

#BC2F29 #29BC2F #2F29BC

tetradic

#BC2F29 #6DBC29 #29B6BC #7929BC

square

#BC2F29 #6DBC29 #29B6BC #7929BC

split-complementary

#BC2F29 #29BC79 #296DBC

monochromatic

#581613 #8A221E #BC2F29 #D8504B #E3817D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F29

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F29	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.179 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97364',
    500: '#bc2f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f29;
$custom-light: #d97364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52637,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F29

secondary

#76C7CB

accent

#E0E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F29

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

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