#BD3127#BD3127

#BD3127 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.178 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3127
RGB	rgb(189, 49, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 54.73, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 67.51, 35.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1564 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.178 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4535, 13.1654, 3.2780)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3127 #27B3BD

analogous

#BD2768 #BD3127 #BD7C27

triadic

#BD3127 #27BD31 #3127BD

tetradic

#BD3127 #68BD27 #27B3BD #7C27BD

square

#BD3127 #68BD27 #27B3BD #7C27BD

split-complementary

#BD3127 #27BD7C #2768BD

monochromatic

#581712 #8A241D #BD3127 #D95248 #E4827B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#BD3127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BD3127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3127

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3127	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)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 49, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.178 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7462',
    500: '#bd3127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3127;
$custom-light: #da7462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52976,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3127

secondary

#74C6CC

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3127

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

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