#BC2F39#BC2F39

#BC2F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.177 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F39
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 55.85, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 62.84, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.1639 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.177 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4966, 13.0232, 5.1993)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F39 #2FBCB2

analogous

#BC2F7F #BC2F39 #BC6B2F

triadic

#BC2F39 #39BC2F #2F39BC

tetradic

#BC2F39 #7FBC2F #2FBCB2 #6B2FBC

square

#BC2F39 #7FBC2F #2FBCB2 #6B2FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F39 #2FBC6B #2F7FBC

monochromatic

#5A171B #8B232A #BC2F39 #D4545D #E0858B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC2F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F39

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F39	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)

#585238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.177 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8736f',
    500: '#bc2f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f39;
$custom-light: #d8736f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.745,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52854,
    "c": 0.17696,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F39

secondary

#7DCAC4

accent

#E3D845

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F39

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

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