#BD211F#BD211F

#BD211F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.191 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD211F
RGB	rgb(189, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 83.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 59.29, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 72.70, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.1691 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.191 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7802, 12.0091, 2.4673)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD211F #1FBBBD

analogous

#BD1F6C #BD211F #BD701F

triadic

#BD211F #1FBD21 #211FBD

tetradic

#BD211F #6CBD1F #1FBBBD #701FBD

square

#BD211F #6CBD1F #1FBBBD #701FBD

split-complementary

#BD211F #1FBD70 #1F6CBD

monochromatic

#540F0E #881816 #BD211F #DF3D3A #E7716F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#BD211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#BD211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD211F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD211F	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.191 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6d5c',
    500: '#bd211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd211f;
$custom-light: #db6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.759,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51628,
    "c": 0.19092,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD211F

secondary

#6ACCCE

accent

#ECEF39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD211F

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

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