#BD2C21#BD2C21

#BD2C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.183 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2C21
RGB	rgb(189, 44, 33)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 56.21, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 70.22, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1599 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.183 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1642, 12.7335, 2.7293)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2C21 #21B2BD

analogous

#BD2164 #BD2C21 #BD7A21

triadic

#BD2C21 #21BD2C #2C21BD

tetradic

#BD2C21 #64BD21 #21B2BD #7A21BD

square

#BD2C21 #64BD21 #21B2BD #7A21BD

split-complementary

#BD2C21 #21BD7A #2164BD

monochromatic

#55140F #892018 #BD2C21 #DD493E #E67A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#BD2C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BD2C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2C21

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2C21	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 44, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.183 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715e',
    500: '#bd2c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2c21;
$custom-light: #db715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52472,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2C21

secondary

#6DC6CD

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2C21

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

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