#BD3829#BD3829

#BD3829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.172 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3829
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 52.24, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 65.44, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.149 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.172 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8033, 13.8107, 3.5624)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3829 #29AEBD

analogous

#BD2964 #BD3829 #BD8229

triadic

#BD3829 #29BD38 #3829BD

tetradic

#BD3829 #64BD29 #29AEBD #8229BD

square

#BD3829 #64BD29 #29AEBD #8229BD

split-complementary

#BD3829 #29BD82 #2964BD

monochromatic

#581A13 #8B291E #BD3829 #D8594B #E3887D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BD3829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BD3829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3829

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3829	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.172 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7764',
    500: '#bd3829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3829;
$custom-light: #da7764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.081,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53692,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3829

secondary

#77C3CB

accent

#D6E740

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3829

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

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