#BD3A42#BD3A42

#BD3A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.167 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3A42
RGB	rgb(189, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 52.64, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 58.55, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1554 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.167 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4851, 14.2416, 6.6655)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3A42 #3ABDB5

analogous

#BD3A83 #BD3A42 #BD733A

triadic

#BD3A42 #42BD3A #3A42BD

tetradic

#BD3A42 #83BD3A #3ABDB5 #733ABD

square

#BD3A42 #83BD3A #3ABDB5 #733ABD

split-complementary

#BD3A42 #3ABD73 #3A83BD

monochromatic

#5F1D21 #8E2C32 #BD3A42 #D0656B #DE9398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BD3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BD3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3A42

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3A42	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.167 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87976',
    500: '#bd3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3a42;
$custom-light: #d87976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5426,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3A42

secondary

#8AC9C5

accent

#DCD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3A42

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

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