#BD3835#BD3835

#BD3835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.170 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3835
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 52.73, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 62.09, 31.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.153 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.17 26)
XYZ	xyz(23.0456, 13.9076, 4.8384)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3835 #35BABD

analogous

#BD3576 #BD3835 #BD7C35

triadic

#BD3835 #35BD38 #3835BD

tetradic

#BD3835 #76BD35 #35BABD #7C35BD

square

#BD3835 #76BD35 #35BABD #7C35BD

split-complementary

#BD3835 #35BD7C #3576BD

monochromatic

#5D1C1A #8D2A28 #BD3835 #D2605D #DF8F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BD3835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BD3835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3835

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3835	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.170 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9776c',
    500: '#bd3835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3835;
$custom-light: #d9776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53841,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.13904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3835

secondary

#84C8CA

accent

#DCDF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3835

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

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