#BD3A37#BD3A37

#BD3A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.168 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3A37
RGB	rgb(189, 58, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 52.05, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 61.09, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1513 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.168 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1914, 14.1242, 5.1188)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3A37 #37BABD

analogous

#BD3777 #BD3A37 #BD7D37

triadic

#BD3A37 #37BD3A #3A37BD

tetradic

#BD3A37 #77BD37 #37BABD #7D37BD

square

#BD3A37 #77BD37 #37BABD #7D37BD

split-complementary

#BD3A37 #37BD7D #3777BD

monochromatic

#5E1D1B #8E2B29 #BD3A37 #D16360 #DF9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BD3A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BD3A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3A37

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3A37	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)

#5F5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 58, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.168 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786e',
    500: '#bd3a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3a37;
$custom-light: #d9786e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54081,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3A37

secondary

#86C8C9

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3A37

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

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