#BD3843#BD3843

#BD3843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3843
RGB	rgb(189, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 53.48, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 58.90, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1583 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.169 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4160, 14.0558, 6.7891)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3843 #38BDB2

analogous

#BD3885 #BD3843 #BD7038

triadic

#BD3843 #43BD38 #3843BD

tetradic

#BD3843 #85BD38 #38BDB2 #7038BD

square

#BD3843 #85BD38 #38BDB2 #7038BD

split-complementary

#BD3843 #38BD70 #3885BD

monochromatic

#5F1C22 #8E2A32 #BD3843 #D0626B #DE9197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BD3843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BD3843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3843

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3843	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)

#5C5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87877',
    500: '#bd3843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3843;
$custom-light: #d87877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54068,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3843

secondary

#87C9C4

accent

#DED14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3843

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

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