#BD3A36#BD3A36

#BD3A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.168 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3A36
RGB	rgb(189, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 52.00, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 61.34, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1509 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.168 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1677, 14.1147, 4.9938)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3A36 #36B9BD

analogous

#BD3675 #BD3A36 #BD7E36

triadic

#BD3A36 #36BD3A #3A36BD

tetradic

#BD3A36 #75BD36 #36B9BD #7E36BD

square

#BD3A36 #75BD36 #36B9BD #7E36BD

split-complementary

#BD3A36 #36BD7E #3675BD

monochromatic

#5E1D1B #8D2B28 #BD3A36 #D1625F #DF918F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BD3A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BD3A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3A36

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3A36	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D00F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.168 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786d',
    500: '#bd3a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3a36;
$custom-light: #d9786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54067,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3A36

secondary

#85C7C9

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3A36

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

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