#BD2E20#BD2E20

#BD2E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.182 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2E20
RGB	rgb(189, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 83.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 55.53, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 70.12, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.1576 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.182 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2267, 12.8806, 2.6821)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2E20 #20AFBD

analogous

#BD2061 #BD2E20 #BD7C20

triadic

#BD2E20 #20BD2E #2E20BD

tetradic

#BD2E20 #61BD20 #20AFBD #7C20BD

square

#BD2E20 #61BD20 #20AFBD #7C20BD

split-complementary

#BD2E20 #20BD7C #2061BD

monochromatic

#54150E #892117 #BD2E20 #DE4B3C #E77B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BD2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BD2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2E20

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2E20	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.182 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db725e',
    500: '#bd2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2e20;
$custom-light: #db725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.35,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52636,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2E20

secondary

#6BC5CD

accent

#DEEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2E20

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

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