#BD2B21#BD2B21

#BD2B21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.184 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B21
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 33)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 56.53, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 70.41, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1609 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.184 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.1274, 12.6599, 2.7171)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B21 #21B3BD

analogous

#BD2165 #BD2B21 #BD7921

triadic

#BD2B21 #21BD2B #2B21BD

tetradic

#BD2B21 #65BD21 #21B3BD #7921BD

square

#BD2B21 #65BD21 #21B3BD #7921BD

split-complementary

#BD2B21 #21BD79 #2165BD

monochromatic

#55130F #891F18 #BD2B21 #DD483E #E67972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#BD2B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BD2B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B21

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B21	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)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.184 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715e',
    500: '#bd2b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b21;
$custom-light: #db715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52388,
    "c": 0.18391,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.12656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B21

secondary

#6DC7CD

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B21

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

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