#BD2B42#BD2B42

#BD2B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.181 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2B42
RGB	rgb(189, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 57.91, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 62.39, 21.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.1723 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.181 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8360, 12.9434, 6.4491)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2B42 #2BBDA6

analogous

#BD2B8B #BD2B42 #BD5D2B

triadic

#BD2B42 #42BD2B #2B42BD

tetradic

#BD2B42 #8BBD2B #2BBDA6 #5D2BBD

square

#BD2B42 #8BBD2B #2BBDA6 #5D2BBD

split-complementary

#BD2B42 #2BBD5D #2B8BBD

monochromatic

#59141F #8B2031 #BD2B42 #D74E64 #E28090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#BD2B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#BD2B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2B42

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2B42	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.181 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97276',
    500: '#bd2b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2b42;
$custom-light: #d97276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52847,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2B42

secondary

#79CBBE

accent

#E6CC42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2B42

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

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