#BD3557#BD3557

#BD3557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.173 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3557
RGB	rgb(189, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 55.98, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 57.33, 12.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1697 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.173 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9819, 14.0564, 10.4653)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3557 #35BD9B

analogous

#BD359B #BD3557 #BD5735

triadic

#BD3557 #57BD35 #3557BD

tetradic

#BD3557 #9BBD35 #35BD9B #5735BD

square

#BD3557 #9BBD35 #35BD9B #5735BD

split-complementary

#BD3557 #35BD57 #359BBD

monochromatic

#5D1A2B #8D2841 #BD3557 #D25D7B #DF8DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BD3557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BD3557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3557

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3557	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.173 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77786',
    500: '#bd3557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3557;
$custom-light: #d77786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.542,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3557

secondary

#84CAB8

accent

#DFBA48

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3557

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

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