#BD2220#BD2220

#BD2220 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.190 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2220
RGB	rgb(189, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 59.06, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 72.26, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1686 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.19 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8217, 12.0708, 2.5471)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2220 #20BBBD

analogous

#BD206D #BD2220 #BD7020

triadic

#BD2220 #20BD22 #2220BD

tetradic

#BD2220 #6DBD20 #20BBBD #7020BD

square

#BD2220 #6DBD20 #20BBBD #7020BD

split-complementary

#BD2220 #20BD70 #206DBD

monochromatic

#540F0E #891917 #BD2220 #DE3E3C #E77271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BD2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BD2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2220

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2220	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.190 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6e5d',
    500: '#bd2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2220;
$custom-light: #db6e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.764,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51703,
    "c": 0.19019,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2220

secondary

#6BCCCD

accent

#ECEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2220

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

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