#BD3823#BD3823

#BD3823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.173 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3823
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 52.04, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 67.21, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1472 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.173 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7065, 13.7720, 3.0524)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3823 #23A8BD

analogous

#BD235B #BD3823 #BD8523

triadic

#BD3823 #23BD38 #3823BD

tetradic

#BD3823 #5BBD23 #23A8BD #8523BD

square

#BD3823 #5BBD23 #23A8BD #8523BD

split-complementary

#BD3823 #23BD85 #235BBD

monochromatic

#561910 #892919 #BD3823 #DC5641 #E58475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BD3823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BD3823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3823

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3823	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F551F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.173 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7760',
    500: '#bd3823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3823;
$custom-light: #da7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53632,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3823

secondary

#6FC0CD

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3823

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

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