#BD221E#BD221E

#BD221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.190 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD221E
RGB	rgb(189, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 84.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 59.01, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 72.82, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1681 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.19 28)
XYZ	xyz(21.7954, 12.0602, 2.4083)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD221E #1EB9BD

analogous

#BD1E6A #BD221E #BD711E

triadic

#BD221E #1EBD22 #221EBD

tetradic

#BD221E #6ABD1E #1EB9BD #711EBD

square

#BD221E #6ABD1E #1EB9BD #711EBD

split-complementary

#BD221E #1EBD71 #1E6ABD

monochromatic

#530F0D #881816 #BD221E #E03D39 #E8716D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#BD221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BD221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD221E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD221E	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.190 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6e5c',
    500: '#bd221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd221e;
$custom-light: #db6e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51686,
    "c": 0.19041,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.12057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD221E

secondary

#69CBCE

accent

#EBEF38

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD221E

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

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