#BD2B23#BD2B23

#BD2B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.184 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B23
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 56.58, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 69.84, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1614 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.184 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1562, 12.6715, 2.8690)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B23 #23B5BD

analogous

#BD2368 #BD2B23 #BD7823

triadic

#BD2B23 #23BD2B #2B23BD

tetradic

#BD2B23 #68BD23 #23B5BD #7823BD

square

#BD2B23 #68BD23 #23B5BD #7823BD

split-complementary

#BD2B23 #23BD78 #2368BD

monochromatic

#561410 #891F19 #BD2B23 #DC4941 #E57B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#BD2B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BD2B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B23

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B23	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)

#594F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.184 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715f',
    500: '#bd2b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b23;
$custom-light: #db715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.117,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52407,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B23

secondary

#6FC8CD

accent

#E2EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B23

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

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