#BD2221#BD2221

#BD2221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.190 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2221
RGB	rgb(189, 34, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 59.09, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 71.98, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1689 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.19 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8355, 12.0763, 2.6198)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2221 #21BCBD

analogous

#BD216E #BD2221 #BD7021

triadic

#BD2221 #21BD22 #2221BD

tetradic

#BD2221 #6EBD21 #21BCBD #7021BD

square

#BD2221 #6EBD21 #21BCBD #7021BD

split-complementary

#BD2221 #21BD70 #216EBD

monochromatic

#550F0F #891918 #BD2221 #DD3F3E #E67372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#BD2221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#BD2221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2221

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2221	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)

#554C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 34, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.190 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6e5e',
    500: '#bd2221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2221;
$custom-light: #db6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51713,
    "c": 0.19008,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2221

secondary

#6DCDCD

accent

#ECED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2221

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

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