#BD2A20#BD2A20

#BD2A20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.185 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2A20
RGB	rgb(189, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 56.81, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 70.88, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1615 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.185 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.0777, 12.5826, 2.6324)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2A20 #20B3BD

analogous

#BD2064 #BD2A20 #BD7920

triadic

#BD2A20 #20BD2A #2A20BD

tetradic

#BD2A20 #64BD20 #20B3BD #7920BD

square

#BD2A20 #64BD20 #20B3BD #7920BD

split-complementary

#BD2A20 #20BD79 #2064BD

monochromatic

#54130E #891E17 #BD2A20 #DE463C #E77871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#BD2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#BD2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2A20

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2A20	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.185 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715d',
    500: '#bd2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2a20;
$custom-light: #db715d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.822,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52297,
    "c": 0.18476,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.12579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2A20

secondary

#6BC7CD

accent

#E2EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2A20

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

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