#BD3536#BD3536

#BD3536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.173 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3536
RGB	rgb(189, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 53.90, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 62.55, 30.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1569 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.173 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9278, 13.6348, 4.9138)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3536 #35BDBC

analogous

#BD357A #BD3536 #BD7835

triadic

#BD3536 #36BD35 #3536BD

tetradic

#BD3536 #7ABD35 #35BDBC #7835BD

square

#BD3536 #7ABD35 #35BDBC #7835BD

split-complementary

#BD3536 #35BD78 #357ABD

monochromatic

#5D1A1B #8D2828 #BD3536 #D25D5E #DF8D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#BD3536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BD3536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3536

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3536	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.173 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9766d',
    500: '#bd3536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3536;
$custom-light: #d9766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5355,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3536

secondary

#84CAC9

accent

#DFDE48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3536

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

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