#BD3841#BD3841

#BD3841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.169 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3841
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 53.36, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 59.29, 25.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1575 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.169 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3570, 14.0322, 6.4786)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3841 #38BDB4

analogous

#BD3883 #BD3841 #BD7138

triadic

#BD3841 #41BD38 #3841BD

tetradic

#BD3841 #83BD38 #38BDB4 #7138BD

square

#BD3841 #83BD38 #38BDB4 #7138BD

split-complementary

#BD3841 #38BD71 #3883BD

monochromatic

#5F1C21 #8E2A31 #BD3841 #D06269 #DE9196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BD3841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BD3841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3841

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3841	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.169 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87775',
    500: '#bd3841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3841;
$custom-light: #d87775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54032,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3841

secondary

#87C9C5

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3841

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

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