#BC2F40#BC2F40

#BC2F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.177 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F40
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 56.22, 24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 61.40, 23.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.97% 0.1666 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(52.97% 0.177 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6834, 13.0980, 6.1832)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F40 #2FBCAB

analogous

#BC2F86 #BC2F40 #BC642F

triadic

#BC2F40 #40BC2F #2F40BC

tetradic

#BC2F40 #86BC2F #2FBCAB #642FBC

square

#BC2F40 #86BC2F #2FBCAB #642FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F40 #2FBC64 #2F86BC

monochromatic

#5A171F #8B232F #BC2F40 #D45463 #E08590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#BC2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BC2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F40

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F40	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.177 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87374',
    500: '#bc2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f40;
$custom-light: #d87374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.766,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52974,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F40

secondary

#7DCAC1

accent

#E3D045

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F40

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

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