#BD2E42#BD2E42

#BD2E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.178 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD2E42
RGB	rgb(189, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 56.96, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 61.67, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1692 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.178 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9491, 13.1696, 6.4868)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD2E42 #2EBDA9

analogous

#BD2E89 #BD2E42 #BD612E

triadic

#BD2E42 #42BD2E #2E42BD

tetradic

#BD2E42 #89BD2E #2EBDA9 #612EBD

square

#BD2E42 #89BD2E #2EBDA9 #612EBD

split-complementary

#BD2E42 #2EBD61 #2E89BD

monochromatic

#5B1620 #8C2231 #BD2E42 #D55365 #E18491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#BD2E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BD2E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD2E42

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD2E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD2E42	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd2e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.178 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97376',
    500: '#bd2e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd2e42;
$custom-light: #d97376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd2e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.608,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53099,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD2E42

secondary

#7CCAC0

accent

#E4CE44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD2E42

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

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