#BD3521#BD3521

#BD3521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.176 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3521
RGB	rgb(189, 53, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 53.11, 43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 68.42, 39.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1502 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.176 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5366, 13.4783, 2.8535)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3521 #21A9BD

analogous

#BD215B #BD3521 #BD8321

triadic

#BD3521 #21BD35 #3521BD

tetradic

#BD3521 #5BBD21 #21A9BD #8321BD

square

#BD3521 #5BBD21 #21A9BD #8321BD

split-complementary

#BD3521 #21BD83 #215BBD

monochromatic

#55180F #892618 #BD3521 #DD523E #E68172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BD3521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BD3521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3521

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3521	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 53, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.176 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da755f',
    500: '#bd3521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3521;
$custom-light: #da755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53305,
    "c": 0.17599,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3521

secondary

#6DC1CD

accent

#D6ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3521

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

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