#BD2E36#BD2E36

#BD2E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.179 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2E36
RGB	rgb(189, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 56.34, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 64.16, 28.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1647 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.179 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6317, 13.0426, 4.8151)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2E36 #2EBDB5

analogous

#BD2E7D #BD2E36 #BD6D2E

triadic

#BD2E36 #36BD2E #2E36BD

tetradic

#BD2E36 #7DBD2E #2EBDB5 #6D2EBD

square

#BD2E36 #7DBD2E #2EBDB5 #6D2EBD

split-complementary

#BD2E36 #2EBD6D #2E7DBD

monochromatic

#5B161A #8C2228 #BD2E36 #D5535A #E18489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#BD2E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BD2E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2E36

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2E36	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.179 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9736d',
    500: '#bd2e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2e36;
$custom-light: #d9736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.643,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52896,
    "c": 0.17906,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2E36

secondary

#7CCAC6

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2E36

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

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