#BD3239#BD3239

#BD3239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.175 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3239
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 55.13, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 62.54, 28.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1615 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.175 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8679, 13.3989, 5.2522)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3239 #32BDB6

analogous

#BD327F #BD3239 #BD7032

triadic

#BD3239 #39BD32 #3239BD

tetradic

#BD3239 #7FBD32 #32BDB6 #7032BD

square

#BD3239 #7FBD32 #32BDB6 #7032BD

split-complementary

#BD3239 #32BD70 #327FBD

monochromatic

#5C181C #8D252A #BD3239 #D3595F #E0898E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#BD3239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#BD3239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3239

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3239	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)

#5A5338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.175 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9756f',
    500: '#bd3239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3239;
$custom-light: #d9756f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53305,
    "c": 0.17532,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3239

secondary

#81CAC6

accent

#E1DA46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3239

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

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