#BD233B#BD233B

#BD233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.187 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD233B
RGB	rgb(189, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 59.82, 26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 65.37, 23.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.1769 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.187 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3793, 12.3402, 5.3404)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD233B #23BDA5

analogous

#BD2388 #BD233B #BD5823

triadic

#BD233B #3BBD23 #233BBD

tetradic

#BD233B #88BD23 #23BDA5 #5823BD

square

#BD233B #88BD23 #23BDA5 #5823BD

split-complementary

#BD233B #23BD58 #2388BD

monochromatic

#56101B #89192B #BD233B #DC4159 #E57586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#BD233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#BD233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD233B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD233B	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.187 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96f70',
    500: '#bd233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd233b;
$custom-light: #d96f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.649,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52123,
    "c": 0.1873,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD233B

secondary

#6FCDBE

accent

#ECD03C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD233B

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

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