#BD3342#BD3342

#BD3342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.174 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3342
RGB	rgb(189, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, 55.26, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 60.41, 23.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1638 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.174 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1559, 13.5832, 6.5557)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3342 #33BDAE

analogous

#BD3387 #BD3342 #BD6933

triadic

#BD3342 #42BD33 #3342BD

tetradic

#BD3342 #87BD33 #33BDAE #6933BD

square

#BD3342 #87BD33 #33BDAE #6933BD

split-complementary

#BD3342 #33BD69 #3387BD

monochromatic

#5D1920 #8D2631 #BD3342 #D35B68 #E08B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#BD3342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#BD3342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3342

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3342	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.174 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87576',
    500: '#bd3342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3342;
$custom-light: #d87576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53553,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3342

secondary

#82CAC2

accent

#E1D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3342

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

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