#BC2F44#BC2F44

#BC2F44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2F44
RGB	rgb(188, 47, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 56.45, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 60.70, 21.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1681 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.176 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8013, 13.1451, 6.8044)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2F44 #2FBCA7

analogous

#BC2F8A #BC2F44 #BC602F

triadic

#BC2F44 #44BC2F #2F44BC

tetradic

#BC2F44 #8ABC2F #2FBCA7 #602FBC

square

#BC2F44 #8ABC2F #2FBCA7 #602FBC

split-complementary

#BC2F44 #2FBC60 #2F8ABC

monochromatic

#5A1721 #8B2332 #BC2F44 #D45467 #E08593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BC2F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC2F44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2F44

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2F44	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 47, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87377',
    500: '#bc2f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2f44;
$custom-light: #d87377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.064,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2F44

secondary

#7DCABE

accent

#E3CC45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2F44

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

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