#BD2B22#BD2B22

#BD2B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.184 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B22
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 56.55, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 70.12, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1611 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.184 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1416, 12.6656, 2.7919)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B22 #22B4BD

analogous

#BD2266 #BD2B22 #BD7822

triadic

#BD2B22 #22BD2B #2B22BD

tetradic

#BD2B22 #66BD22 #22B4BD #7822BD

square

#BD2B22 #66BD22 #22B4BD #7822BD

split-complementary

#BD2B22 #22BD78 #2266BD

monochromatic

#55130F #891F19 #BD2B22 #DD4940 #E67A73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#BD2B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BD2B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B22

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B22	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.184 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715f',
    500: '#bd2b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b22;
$custom-light: #db715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52398,
    "c": 0.18377,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B22

secondary

#6EC7CD

accent

#E2EC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170804

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B22

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

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