#BD3842#BD3842

#BD3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.169 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3842
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 53.42, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 59.09, 25.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1579 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.169 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3862, 14.0439, 6.6325)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3842 #38BDB3

analogous

#BD3884 #BD3842 #BD7138

triadic

#BD3842 #42BD38 #3842BD

tetradic

#BD3842 #84BD38 #38BDB3 #7138BD

square

#BD3842 #84BD38 #38BDB3 #7138BD

split-complementary

#BD3842 #38BD71 #3884BD

monochromatic

#5F1C21 #8E2A32 #BD3842 #D0626A #DE9197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BD3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BD3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3842

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3842	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF0F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.169 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87876',
    500: '#bd3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3842;
$custom-light: #d87876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5405,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3842

secondary

#87C9C4

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3842

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

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