#BD3839#BD3839

#BD3839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.170 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3839
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 57)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 52.92, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 61.08, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.1545 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.17 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1415, 13.9460, 5.3434)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3839 #38BDBC

analogous

#BD387B #BD3839 #BD7938

triadic

#BD3839 #39BD38 #3839BD

tetradic

#BD3839 #7BBD38 #38BDBC #7938BD

square

#BD3839 #7BBD38 #38BDBC #7938BD

split-complementary

#BD3839 #38BD79 #387BBD

monochromatic

#5F1C1D #8E2A2B #BD3839 #D06263 #DE9192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BD3839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BD3839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3839

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3839	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)

#5E5638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.170 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9776f',
    500: '#bd3839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3839;
$custom-light: #d9776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.549,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.539,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3839

secondary

#87C9C9

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3839

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

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