#BD2A21#BD2A21

#BD2A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.185 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2A21
RGB	rgb(189, 42, 33)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 56.83, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 70.60, 36.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1618 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.185 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0915, 12.5881, 2.7051)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2A21 #21B4BD

analogous

#BD2166 #BD2A21 #BD7821

triadic

#BD2A21 #21BD2A #2A21BD

tetradic

#BD2A21 #66BD21 #21B4BD #7821BD

square

#BD2A21 #66BD21 #21B4BD #7821BD

split-complementary

#BD2A21 #21BD78 #2166BD

monochromatic

#55130F #891E18 #BD2A21 #DD473E #E67972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#BD2A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#BD2A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2A21

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2A21	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)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 42, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.185 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715e',
    500: '#bd2a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2a21;
$custom-light: #db715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52306,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2A21

secondary

#6DC8CD

accent

#E3ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2A21

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

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