#BC2F34#BC2F34

#BC2F34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F34
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 52)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 55.61, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 64.02, 29.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.162 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.177 24)
XYZ	xyz(22.3779, 12.9758, 4.5744)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F34 #2FBCB7

analogous

#BC2F7A #BC2F34 #BC702F

triadic

#BC2F34 #34BC2F #2F34BC

tetradic

#BC2F34 #7ABC2F #2FBCB7 #702FBC

square

#BC2F34 #7ABC2F #2FBCB7 #702FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F34 #2FBC70 #2F7ABC

monochromatic

#5A1719 #8B2326 #BC2F34 #D45459 #E08588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BC2F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#BC2F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F34

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F34	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9736b',
    500: '#bc2f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f34;
$custom-light: #d9736b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.872,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52778,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.12972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F34

secondary

#7DCAC7

accent

#E3DE45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F34

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

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