#BD3253#BD3253

#BD3253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.175 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3253
RGB	rgb(189, 50, 83)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 56.73, 14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 58.48, 14.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1716 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.175 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6905, 13.7279, 9.5842)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3253 #32BD9C

analogous

#BD3299 #BD3253 #BD5632

triadic

#BD3253 #53BD32 #3253BD

tetradic

#BD3253 #99BD32 #32BD9C #5632BD

square

#BD3253 #99BD32 #32BD9C #5632BD

split-complementary

#BD3253 #32BD56 #3299BD

monochromatic

#5C1828 #8D253E #BD3253 #D35976 #E0899E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BD3253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BD3253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3253

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3253	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 50, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.175 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77583',
    500: '#bd3253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3253;
$custom-light: #d77583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.755,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53819,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3253

secondary

#81CAB9

accent

#E1BD46

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3253

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

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