#BD3935#BD3935

#BD3935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3935
RGB	rgb(189, 57, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 52.35, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 61.85, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1518 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.169 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0945, 14.0055, 4.8548)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3935 #35B9BD

analogous

#BD3575 #BD3935 #BD7D35

triadic

#BD3935 #35BD39 #3935BD

tetradic

#BD3935 #75BD35 #35B9BD #7D35BD

square

#BD3935 #75BD35 #35B9BD #7D35BD

split-complementary

#BD3935 #35BD7D #3575BD

monochromatic

#5D1C1A #8D2B28 #BD3935 #D2615D #DF908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BD3935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BD3935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3935

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3935	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786c',
    500: '#bd3935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3935;
$custom-light: #d9786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53946,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3935

secondary

#84C8CA

accent

#DBDF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3935

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

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