#BD3936#BD3936

#BD3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.169 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3936
RGB	rgb(189, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 52.39, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 61.59, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1522 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.169 26)
XYZ	xyz(23.1178, 14.0148, 4.9772)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3936 #36BABD

analogous

#BD3677 #BD3936 #BD7C36

triadic

#BD3936 #36BD39 #3936BD

tetradic

#BD3936 #77BD36 #36BABD #7C36BD

square

#BD3936 #77BD36 #36BABD #7C36BD

split-complementary

#BD3936 #36BD7C #3677BD

monochromatic

#5E1C1B #8D2B28 #BD3936 #D1615F #DF908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#BD3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BD3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3936

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3936	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.169 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786d',
    500: '#bd3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3936;
$custom-light: #d9786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5396,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3936

secondary

#85C8C9

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3936

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

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