#BD3B36#BD3B36

#BD3B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.167 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3B36
RGB	rgb(189, 59, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 51.61, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 61.10, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1497 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.167 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2186, 14.2165, 5.0108)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3B36 #36B8BD

analogous

#BD3675 #BD3B36 #BD7E36

triadic

#BD3B36 #36BD3B #3B36BD

tetradic

#BD3B36 #75BD36 #36B8BD #7E36BD

square

#BD3B36 #75BD36 #36B8BD #7E36BD

split-complementary

#BD3B36 #36BD7E #3675BD

monochromatic

#5E1D1B #8D2C28 #BD3B36 #D1635F #DF928F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BD3B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BD3B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3B36

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3B36	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0123B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 59, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.167 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796d',
    500: '#bd3b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3b36;
$custom-light: #d9796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54175,
    "c": 0.16732,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3B36

secondary

#85C7C9

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3B36

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

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