#BC2F42#BC2F42

#BC2F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F42
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 56.33, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 61.04, 22.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1673 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.176 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7413, 13.1211, 6.4884)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F42 #2FBCA9

analogous

#BC2F88 #BC2F42 #BC622F

triadic

#BC2F42 #42BC2F #2F42BC

tetradic

#BC2F42 #88BC2F #2FBCA9 #622FBC

square

#BC2F42 #88BC2F #2FBCA9 #622FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F42 #2FBC62 #2F88BC

monochromatic

#5A1720 #8B2331 #BC2F42 #D45465 #E08591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#BC2F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BC2F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F42

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F42	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)

#575242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87376',
    500: '#bc2f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f42;
$custom-light: #d87376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.915,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53011,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F42

secondary

#7DCAC0

accent

#E3CE45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F42

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

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