#BD3A21#BD3A21

#BD3A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.172 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3A21
RGB	rgb(189, 58, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 51.20, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 67.37, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1443 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.172 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7765, 13.9582, 2.9335)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3A21 #21A4BD

analogous

#BD2156 #BD3A21 #BD8821

triadic

#BD3A21 #21BD3A #3A21BD

tetradic

#BD3A21 #56BD21 #21A4BD #8821BD

square

#BD3A21 #56BD21 #21A4BD #8821BD

split-complementary

#BD3A21 #21BD88 #2156BD

monochromatic

#551A0F #892A18 #BD3A21 #DD573E #E68572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BD3A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BD3A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3A21

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3A21	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 58, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.172 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da785f',
    500: '#bd3a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3a21;
$custom-light: #da785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53828,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3A21

secondary

#6DBECD

accent

#D0ED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3A21

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

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