#BD3C26#BD3C26

#BD3C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3C26
RGB	rgb(189, 60, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 50.55, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 65.45, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1432 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.169 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9546, 14.1939, 3.3644)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3C26 #26A7BD

analogous

#BD265B #BD3C26 #BD8826

triadic

#BD3C26 #26BD3C #3C26BD

tetradic

#BD3C26 #5BBD26 #26A7BD #8826BD

square

#BD3C26 #5BBD26 #26A7BD #8826BD

split-complementary

#BD3C26 #26BD88 #265BBD

monochromatic

#571C12 #8A2C1C #BD3C26 #DA5C46 #E48979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BD3C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BD3C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3C26

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3C26	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)

#625722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 60, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7962',
    500: '#bd3c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3c26;
$custom-light: #da7962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.742,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54094,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3C26

secondary

#73BFCC

accent

#D1E93E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3C26

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

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