#BD3A38#BD3A38

#BD3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.168 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3A38
RGB	rgb(189, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 52.10, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 60.83, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1516 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.168 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2157, 14.1339, 5.2463)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3A38 #38BBBD

analogous

#BD3879 #BD3A38 #BD7C38

triadic

#BD3A38 #38BD3A #3A38BD

tetradic

#BD3A38 #79BD38 #38BBBD #7C38BD

square

#BD3A38 #79BD38 #38BBBD #7C38BD

split-complementary

#BD3A38 #38BD7C #3879BD

monochromatic

#5F1D1C #8E2C2A #BD3A38 #D06362 #DE9291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BD3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BD3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3A38

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3A38	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)

#5F5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.168 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9786f',
    500: '#bd3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3a38;
$custom-light: #d9786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54096,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3A38

secondary

#87C8C9

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3A38

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

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