#BD3732#BD3732

#BD3732 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.172 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3732
RGB	rgb(189, 55, 50)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 52.98, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 63.12, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1532 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.172 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9308, 13.7849, 4.4703)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3732 #32B8BD

analogous

#BD3273 #BD3732 #BD7D32

triadic

#BD3732 #32BD37 #3732BD

tetradic

#BD3732 #73BD32 #32B8BD #7D32BD

square

#BD3732 #73BD32 #32B8BD #7D32BD

split-complementary

#BD3732 #32BD7D #3273BD

monochromatic

#5C1B18 #8D2925 #BD3732 #D35D59 #E08D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BD3732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BD3732 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3732

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3732	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 55, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.172 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9776a',
    500: '#bd3732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3732;
$custom-light: #d9776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53696,
    "c": 0.17163,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3732

secondary

#81C7CA

accent

#DCE146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3732

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

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