#BD242E#BD242E

#BD242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.187 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD242E
RGB	rgb(189, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 58.99, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 68.14, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1713 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.187 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1129, 12.2814, 3.7905)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD242E #24BDB3

analogous

#BD247B #BD242E #BD6624

triadic

#BD242E #2EBD24 #242EBD

tetradic

#BD242E #7BBD24 #24BDB3 #6624BD

square

#BD242E #7BBD24 #24BDB3 #6624BD

split-complementary

#BD242E #24BD66 #247BBD

monochromatic

#561015 #8A1A21 #BD242E #DB434D #E5767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#BD242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#BD242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD242E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD242E	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)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.187 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6f67',
    500: '#bd242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd242e;
$custom-light: #da6f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.078,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51996,
    "c": 0.18743,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD242E

secondary

#70CCC6

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD242E

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

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