#BC2F35#BC2F35

#BC2F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F35
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 55.66, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 63.78, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1624 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.177 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4007, 12.9849, 4.6943)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F35 #2FBCB6

analogous

#BC2F7B #BC2F35 #BC6F2F

triadic

#BC2F35 #35BC2F #2F35BC

tetradic

#BC2F35 #7BBC2F #2FBCB6 #6F2FBC

square

#BC2F35 #7BBC2F #2FBCB6 #6F2FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F35 #2FBC6F #2F7BBC

monochromatic

#5A1719 #8B2327 #BC2F35 #D45459 #E08589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BC2F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F35

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F35	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9736c',
    500: '#bc2f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f35;
$custom-light: #d9736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52793,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F35

secondary

#7DCAC7

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F35

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

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