#BD3942#BD3942

#BD3942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.168 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3942
RGB	rgb(189, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 53.03, 25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 58.82, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1567 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.168 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4352, 14.1418, 6.6488)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3942 #39BDB4

analogous

#BD3984 #BD3942 #BD7239

triadic

#BD3942 #42BD39 #3942BD

tetradic

#BD3942 #84BD39 #39BDB4 #7239BD

square

#BD3942 #84BD39 #39BDB4 #7239BD

split-complementary

#BD3942 #39BD72 #3984BD

monochromatic

#5F1D21 #8E2B32 #BD3942 #D0636B #DE9297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BD3942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BD3942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3942

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3942	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF123D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.168 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87876',
    500: '#bd3942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3942;
$custom-light: #d87876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54154,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3942

secondary

#89C9C5

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3942

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

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