#BD223B#BD223B

#BD223B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.188 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD223B
RGB	rgb(189, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 60.08, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 65.56, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.1777 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.188 19)
XYZ	xyz(22.3503, 12.2822, 5.3307)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD223B #22BDA4

analogous

#BD2288 #BD223B #BD5722

triadic

#BD223B #3BBD22 #223BBD

tetradic

#BD223B #88BD22 #22BDA4 #5722BD

square

#BD223B #88BD22 #22BDA4 #5722BD

split-complementary

#BD223B #22BD57 #2288BD

monochromatic

#550F1B #89192B #BD223B #DD4059 #E67386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#BD223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#BD223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD223B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD223B	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.188 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96e70',
    500: '#bd223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd223b;
$custom-light: #d96e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52056,
    "c": 0.18799,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.12279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD223B

secondary

#6ECDBE

accent

#ECD03B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD223B

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

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