#BD2E38#BD2E38

#BD2E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.179 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2E38
RGB	rgb(189, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 56.43, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 63.70, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1654 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.179 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6796, 13.0618, 5.0676)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2E38 #2EBDB3

analogous

#BD2E7F #BD2E38 #BD6B2E

triadic

#BD2E38 #38BD2E #2E38BD

tetradic

#BD2E38 #7FBD2E #2EBDB3 #6B2EBD

square

#BD2E38 #7FBD2E #2EBDB3 #6B2EBD

split-complementary

#BD2E38 #2EBD6B #2E7FBD

monochromatic

#5B161B #8C2229 #BD2E38 #D5535C #E1848B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BD2E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#BD2E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2E38

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2E38	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.179 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9736e',
    500: '#bd2e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2e38;
$custom-light: #d9736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.804,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52927,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2E38

secondary

#7CCAC5

accent

#E4D944

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2E38

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

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