#BD233E#BD233E

#BD233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.187 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD233E
RGB	rgb(189, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 59.97, 24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 64.81, 22.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.178 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.187 18)
XYZ	xyz(22.4593, 12.3722, 5.7620)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD233E #23BDA2

analogous

#BD238B #BD233E #BD5523

triadic

#BD233E #3EBD23 #233EBD

tetradic

#BD233E #8BBD23 #23BDA2 #5523BD

square

#BD233E #8BBD23 #23BDA2 #5523BD

split-complementary

#BD233E #23BD55 #238BBD

monochromatic

#56101C #89192D #BD233E #DC415C #E57589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#BD233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#BD233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD233E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD233E	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.187 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d96f73',
    500: '#bd233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd233e;
$custom-light: #d96f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.481,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52176,
    "c": 0.18724,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD233E

secondary

#6FCDBC

accent

#ECCD3C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD233E

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

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