#BD3238#BD3238

#BD3238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.175 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3238
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 55.08, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 62.77, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1611 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.175 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8432, 13.3890, 5.1221)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3238 #32BDB7

analogous

#BD327E #BD3238 #BD7232

triadic

#BD3238 #38BD32 #3238BD

tetradic

#BD3238 #7EBD32 #32BDB7 #7232BD

square

#BD3238 #7EBD32 #32BDB7 #7232BD

split-complementary

#BD3238 #32BD72 #327EBD

monochromatic

#5C181B #8D252A #BD3238 #D3595E #E0898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BD3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BD3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3238

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3238	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)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.175 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9746e',
    500: '#bd3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3238;
$custom-light: #d9746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.41,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5329,
    "c": 0.17541,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3238

secondary

#81CAC7

accent

#E1DB46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3238

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

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