#BD3742#BD3742

#BD3742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.170 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3742
RGB	rgb(189, 55, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 53.80, 25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 59.36, 25.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1591 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.17 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3383, 13.9479, 6.6165)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3742 #37BDB2

analogous

#BD3785 #BD3742 #BD6F37

triadic

#BD3742 #42BD37 #3742BD

tetradic

#BD3742 #85BD37 #37BDB2 #6F37BD

square

#BD3742 #85BD37 #37BDB2 #6F37BD

split-complementary

#BD3742 #37BD6F #3785BD

monochromatic

#5E1B21 #8E2931 #BD3742 #D1606A #DF9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BD3742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BD3742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3742

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3742	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 55, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.170 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87776',
    500: '#bd3742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3742;
$custom-light: #d87776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.075,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53947,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3742

secondary

#86C9C4

accent

#DED24A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3742

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

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