#BD3B37#BD3B37

#BD3B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.167 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3B37
RGB	rgb(189, 59, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 51.65, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 60.84, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.15 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.167 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2423, 14.2260, 5.1357)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3B37 #37B9BD

analogous

#BD3776 #BD3B37 #BD7E37

triadic

#BD3B37 #37BD3B #3B37BD

tetradic

#BD3B37 #76BD37 #37B9BD #7E37BD

square

#BD3B37 #76BD37 #37B9BD #7E37BD

split-complementary

#BD3B37 #37BD7E #3776BD

monochromatic

#5E1D1B #8E2C29 #BD3B37 #D16460 #DF9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BD3B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BD3B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3B37

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3B37	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 59, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.167 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796e',
    500: '#bd3b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3b37;
$custom-light: #d9796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5419,
    "c": 0.16717,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3B37

secondary

#86C7C9

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3B37

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

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