#BD2C42#BD2C42

#BD2C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.180 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2C42
RGB	rgb(189, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 57.60, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 62.15, 22.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1713 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.18 18)
XYZ	xyz(22.8728, 13.0170, 6.4614)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2C42 #2CBDA7

analogous

#BD2C8A #BD2C42 #BD5F2C

triadic

#BD2C42 #42BD2C #2C42BD

tetradic

#BD2C42 #8ABD2C #2CBDA7 #5F2CBD

square

#BD2C42 #8ABD2C #2CBDA7 #5F2CBD

split-complementary

#BD2C42 #2CBD5F #2C8ABD

monochromatic

#5A151F #8B2031 #BD2C42 #D65064 #E28290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BD2C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BD2C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2C42

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2C42	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.180 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97276',
    500: '#bd2c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2c42;
$custom-light: #d97276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52929,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.13014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2C42

secondary

#7ACBBE

accent

#E5CD42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2C42

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

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