#BD3229#BD3229

#BD3229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.177 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3229
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, 54.45, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 66.73, 35.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1559 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.177 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5298, 13.2636, 3.4712)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3229 #29B4BD

analogous

#BD296A #BD3229 #BD7C29

triadic

#BD3229 #29BD32 #3229BD

tetradic

#BD3229 #6ABD29 #29B4BD #7C29BD

square

#BD3229 #6ABD29 #29B4BD #7C29BD

split-complementary

#BD3229 #29BD7C #296ABD

monochromatic

#581713 #8B251E #BD3229 #D8544B #E3847D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BD3229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BD3229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3229

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3229	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.177 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7464',
    500: '#bd3229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3229;
$custom-light: #da7464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.649,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53092,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3229

secondary

#77C6CB

accent

#DDE740

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3229

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

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