#BD232E#BD232E

#BD232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.188 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD232E
RGB	rgb(189, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 59.25, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 68.32, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1721 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.188 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0831, 12.2217, 3.7805)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD232E #23BDB2

analogous

#BD237B #BD232E #BD6523

triadic

#BD232E #2EBD23 #232EBD

tetradic

#BD232E #7BBD23 #23BDB2 #6523BD

square

#BD232E #7BBD23 #23BDB2 #6523BD

split-complementary

#BD232E #23BD65 #237BBD

monochromatic

#561015 #891921 #BD232E #DC414C #E5757D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#BD232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BD232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD232E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD232E	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.188 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6e67',
    500: '#bd232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd232e;
$custom-light: #da6e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51926,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD232E

secondary

#6FCDC6

accent

#ECDF3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD232E

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

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