#BD3237#BD3237

#BD3237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.176 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3237
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 55.03, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 63.01, 29.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1607 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.176 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8190, 13.3793, 4.9946)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3237 #32BDB8

analogous

#BD327D #BD3237 #BD7332

triadic

#BD3237 #37BD32 #3237BD

tetradic

#BD3237 #7DBD32 #32BDB8 #7332BD

square

#BD3237 #7DBD32 #32BDB8 #7332BD

split-complementary

#BD3237 #32BD73 #327DBD

monochromatic

#5C181B #8D2529 #BD3237 #D3595D #E0898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BD3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BD3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3237

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3237	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.176 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9746e',
    500: '#bd3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3237;
$custom-light: #d9746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.842,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53274,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3237

secondary

#81CAC7

accent

#E1DC46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3237

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

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