Red Carpet `#BC2026`

Red Carpet (#BC2026) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.19. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#BC2026`
RGB	`rgb(188, 32, 38)`
HSL	`hsl(358, 71%, 43%)`
HSV	`hsv(358, 83%, 74%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 83%, 80%, 26%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(41 59.4 38)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.514 0.190 26)`

How Red Carpet behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Red Carpet is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #bc1921 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #bf1e24 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #bc2026 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #bd2127 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Red Carpet in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.23:1 and against black 3.37:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Red Carpet

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ff9d94 · #e9665f · #bc2026 · #960012 · #5c0006 · #2a0001

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#cb6f10 · #c64c0d · #bc2026 · #a00b40 · #81014d · #610050

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e8ba72 · #d69500 · #a47d3d · #bc2026 · #8f0b15 · #630008

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00ddf0 · #a77b76 · #bc2026 · #772e2a · #521211 · #2a0303

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#def7fa · #977976 · #bc2026 · #415254 · #321614 · #000304

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #bc2026

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d4faff · #0093a0 · #bc2026 · #005962 · #00252a · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d4faff · #00977e · #bc2026 · #005579 · #00271f · #00040c

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dbfddb · #379844 · #bc2026 · #1c3eb4 · #04036a · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f0f7cc · #7f8b00 · #bc2026 · #005962 · #290057 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CE4B46 · #DF6C65 · #EF8C83 · #FDABA3 · #FFCFC9

Shades

#A00E19 · #84000E · #670008 · #4B0004 · #310001

Muted

#AD3B37 · #9C4B46 · #8B5853

Using Red Carpet

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.