#BD3638#BD3638

#BD3638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.172 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3638
RGB	rgb(189, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 53.63, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 61.82, 29.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1565 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.172 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0218, 13.7461, 5.1817)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3638 #36BDBB

analogous

#BD367C #BD3638 #BD7736

triadic

#BD3638 #38BD36 #3638BD

tetradic

#BD3638 #7CBD36 #36BDBB #7736BD

square

#BD3638 #7CBD36 #36BDBB #7736BD

split-complementary

#BD3638 #36BD77 #367CBD

monochromatic

#5E1B1C #8D282A #BD3638 #D15F61 #DF8F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BD3638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BD3638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3638

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3638	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.172 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9766f',
    500: '#bd3638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3638;
$custom-light: #d9766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5368,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3638

secondary

#85C9C8

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3638

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

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