#BD2C22#BD2C22

#BD2C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.183 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2C22
RGB	rgb(189, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 56.24, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 69.93, 36.47°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.1601 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.183 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.1784, 12.7392, 2.8042)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2C22 #22B3BD

analogous

#BD2265 #BD2C22 #BD7922

triadic

#BD2C22 #22BD2C #2C22BD

tetradic

#BD2C22 #65BD22 #22B3BD #7922BD

square

#BD2C22 #65BD22 #22B3BD #7922BD

split-complementary

#BD2C22 #22BD79 #2265BD

monochromatic

#55140F #892019 #BD2C22 #DD4A40 #E67B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#BD2C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BD2C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2C22

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2C22	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)

#59501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.183 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db715f',
    500: '#bd2c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2c22;
$custom-light: #db715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52482,
    "c": 0.18303,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.12736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2C22

secondary

#6EC7CD

accent

#E1EC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2C22

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

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