#BD3338#BD3338

#BD3338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.175 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3338
RGB	rgb(189, 51, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 54.72, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 62.54, 28.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.16 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.175 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8864, 13.4754, 5.1365)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3338 #33BDB8

analogous

#BD337D #BD3338 #BD7333

triadic

#BD3338 #38BD33 #3338BD

tetradic

#BD3338 #7DBD33 #33BDB8 #7333BD

square

#BD3338 #7DBD33 #33BDB8 #7333BD

split-complementary

#BD3338 #33BD73 #337DBD

monochromatic

#5D191B #8D262A #BD3338 #D35B5F #E08B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BD3338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#BD3338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3338

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3338	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 51, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.175 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9756e',
    500: '#bd3338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3338;
$custom-light: #d9756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53385,
    "c": 0.17451,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3338

secondary

#82CAC7

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3338

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

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