#BC302D#BC302D

#BC302D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC302D
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 45)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 54.98, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 65.63, 33.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1585 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.177 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2722, 12.9982, 3.8183)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC302D #2DB9BC

analogous

#BC2D71 #BC302D #BC772D

triadic

#BC302D #2DBC30 #302DBC

tetradic

#BC302D #71BC2D #2DB9BC #772DBC

square

#BC302D #71BC2D #2DB9BC #772DBC

split-complementary

#BC302D #2DBC77 #2D71BC

monochromatic

#591715 #8B2321 #BC302D #D55451 #E18482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC302D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC302D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC302D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC302D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC302D	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)

#5A522B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc302d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97366',
    500: '#bc302d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc302d;
$custom-light: #d97366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc302d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.259,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52775,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC302D

secondary

#7BC9CA

accent

#E1E443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC302D

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

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