#BD2420#BD2420

#BD2420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.189 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2420
RGB	rgb(189, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 58.53, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 71.94, 35.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1669 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.189 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8806, 12.1884, 2.5667)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2420 #20B9BD

analogous

#BD206A #BD2420 #BD7320

triadic

#BD2420 #20BD24 #2420BD

tetradic

#BD2420 #6ABD20 #20B9BD #7320BD

square

#BD2420 #6ABD20 #20B9BD #7320BD

split-complementary

#BD2420 #20BD73 #206ABD

monochromatic

#54100E #891A17 #BD2420 #DE403C #E77471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#BD2420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#BD2420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2420

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2420	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D10026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.189 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db6e5d',
    500: '#bd2420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2420;
$custom-light: #db6e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.529,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51841,
    "c": 0.18891,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2420

secondary

#6BCBCD

accent

#E9EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2420

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

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