#BC2F37#BC2F37

#BC2F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F37
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 55.75, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 63.30, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1631 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.177 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4477, 13.0037, 4.9417)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F37 #2FBCB4

analogous

#BC2F7D #BC2F37 #BC6D2F

triadic

#BC2F37 #37BC2F #2F37BC

tetradic

#BC2F37 #7DBC2F #2FBCB4 #6D2FBC

square

#BC2F37 #7DBC2F #2FBCB4 #6D2FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F37 #2FBC6D #2F7DBC

monochromatic

#5A171A #8B2329 #BC2F37 #D4545B #E0858A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC2F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F37

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F37	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8736e',
    500: '#bc2f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f37;
$custom-light: #d8736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.596,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52823,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F37

secondary

#7DCAC6

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F37

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

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