#BD3836#BD3836

#BD3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.170 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3836
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 52.78, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 61.83, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1534 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.17 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0688, 13.9169, 4.9608)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3836 #36BBBD

analogous

#BD3677 #BD3836 #BD7C36

triadic

#BD3836 #36BD38 #3836BD

tetradic

#BD3836 #77BD36 #36BBBD #7C36BD

square

#BD3836 #77BD36 #36BBBD #7C36BD

split-complementary

#BD3836 #36BD7C #3677BD

monochromatic

#5E1C1B #8D2A28 #BD3836 #D1615F #DF908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BD3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BD3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3836

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3836	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)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.170 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9776d',
    500: '#bd3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3836;
$custom-light: #d9776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53855,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3836

secondary

#85C8C9

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3836

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

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