#BC302C#BC302C

#BC302C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.178 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC302C
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 44)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 54.94, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 65.91, 33.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1582 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.178 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.2532, 12.9906, 3.7181)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC302C #2CB8BC

analogous

#BC2C70 #BC302C #BC782C

triadic

#BC302C #2CBC30 #302CBC

tetradic

#BC302C #70BC2C #2CB8BC #782CBC

square

#BC302C #70BC2C #2CB8BC #782CBC

split-complementary

#BC302C #2CBC78 #2C70BC

monochromatic

#591715 #8A2320 #BC302C #D6534F #E18481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BC302C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC302C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC302C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC302C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC302C	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc302c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.178 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97366',
    500: '#bc302c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc302c;
$custom-light: #d97366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc302c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52763,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.12987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC302C

secondary

#79C8CA

accent

#E1E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC302C

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

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