#BD2B20#BD2B20

#BD2B20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.184 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B20
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 56.50, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 70.69, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1606 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.184 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1136, 12.6544, 2.6444)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B20 #20B2BD

analogous

#BD2063 #BD2B20 #BD7920

triadic

#BD2B20 #20BD2B #2B20BD

tetradic

#BD2B20 #63BD20 #20B2BD #7920BD

square

#BD2B20 #63BD20 #20B2BD #7920BD

split-complementary

#BD2B20 #20BD79 #2063BD

monochromatic

#54130E #891F17 #BD2B20 #DE483C #E77971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#BD2B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BD2B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B20

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B20	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.184 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715d',
    500: '#bd2b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b20;
$custom-light: #db715d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.204,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52379,
    "c": 0.18403,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B20

secondary

#6BC7CD

accent

#E1EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B20

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

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