#BD3227#BD3227

#BD3227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.178 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3227
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 54.38, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 67.30, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1553 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.178 29)
XYZ	xyz(22.4957, 13.2500, 3.2921)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3227 #27B2BD

analogous

#BD2767 #BD3227 #BD7D27

triadic

#BD3227 #27BD32 #3227BD

tetradic

#BD3227 #67BD27 #27B2BD #7D27BD

square

#BD3227 #67BD27 #27B2BD #7D27BD

split-complementary

#BD3227 #27BD7D #2767BD

monochromatic

#581712 #8A251D #BD3227 #D95348 #E4827B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#BD3227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BD3227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3227

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3227	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)

#5C5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.178 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7462',
    500: '#bd3227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3227;
$custom-light: #da7462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5307,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.13247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3227

secondary

#74C5CC

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3227

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

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