#BD3221#BD3221

#BD3221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.178 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3221
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 54.20, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 69.04, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1536 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.178 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4041, 13.2133, 2.8093)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3221 #21ACBD

analogous

#BD215E #BD3221 #BD8021

triadic

#BD3221 #21BD32 #3221BD

tetradic

#BD3221 #5EBD21 #21ACBD #8021BD

square

#BD3221 #5EBD21 #21ACBD #8021BD

split-complementary

#BD3221 #21BD80 #215EBD

monochromatic

#55160F #892418 #BD3221 #DD4F3E #E67F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BD3221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BD3221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3221

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3221	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.178 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da745e',
    500: '#bd3221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3221;
$custom-light: #da745e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53012,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3221

secondary

#6DC3CD

accent

#DAED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3221

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

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