#BD242F#BD242F

#BD242F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.187 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD242F
RGB	rgb(189, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 59.02, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 67.88, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.01% 0.1716 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(52.01% 0.187 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1329, 12.2894, 3.8955)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD242F #24BDB2

analogous

#BD247C #BD242F #BD6624

triadic

#BD242F #2FBD24 #242FBD

tetradic

#BD242F #7CBD24 #24BDB2 #6624BD

square

#BD242F #7CBD24 #24BDB2 #6624BD

split-complementary

#BD242F #24BD66 #247CBD

monochromatic

#561015 #8A1A22 #BD242F #DB434E #E5767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#BD242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#BD242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD242F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD242F	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.187 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da6f68',
    500: '#bd242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd242f;
$custom-light: #da6f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.686,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52009,
    "c": 0.18733,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD242F

secondary

#70CCC6

accent

#EBDE3D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170806

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD242F

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

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