#BD2B25#BD2B25

#BD2B25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.183 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B25
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 56.64, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 69.27, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% 0.162 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.183 28)
XYZ	xyz(22.1868, 12.6837, 3.0299)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B25 #25B7BD

analogous

#BD256B #BD2B25 #BD7725

triadic

#BD2B25 #25BD2B #2B25BD

tetradic

#BD2B25 #6BBD25 #25B7BD #7725BD

square

#BD2B25 #6BBD25 #25B7BD #7725BD

split-complementary

#BD2B25 #25BD77 #256BBD

monochromatic

#571411 #8A1F1B #BD2B25 #DB4B45 #E57C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#BD2B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BD2B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B25

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B25	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.183 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7161',
    500: '#bd2b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b25;
$custom-light: #db7161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.368,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52427,
    "c": 0.18339,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.1268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B25

secondary

#72C9CC

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B25

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

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