#BC302E#BC302E

#BC302E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.177 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC302E
RGB	rgb(188, 48, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 55.02, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 65.36, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1589 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.177 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2917, 13.0060, 3.9209)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC302E #2EBABC

analogous

#BC2E73 #BC302E #BC772E

triadic

#BC302E #2EBC30 #302EBC

tetradic

#BC302E #73BC2E #2EBABC #772EBC

square

#BC302E #73BC2E #2EBABC #772EBC

split-complementary

#BC302E #2EBC77 #2E73BC

monochromatic

#5A1716 #8B2322 #BC302E #D55452 #E18584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC302E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC302E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC302E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC302E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC302E	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)

#5A522C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc302e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 48, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.177 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97367',
    500: '#bc302e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc302e;
$custom-light: #d97367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc302e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52788,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC302E

secondary

#7CC9CA

accent

#E2E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC302E

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

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