#BD3C28#BD3C28

#BD3C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3C28
RGB	rgb(189, 60, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 50.62, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 64.85, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1438 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.169 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9878, 14.2072, 3.5389)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3C28 #28A9BD

analogous

#BD285E #BD3C28 #BD8728

triadic

#BD3C28 #28BD3C #3C28BD

tetradic

#BD3C28 #5EBD28 #28A9BD #8728BD

square

#BD3C28 #5EBD28 #28A9BD #8728BD

split-complementary

#BD3C28 #28BD87 #285EBD

monochromatic

#581C13 #8A2C1D #BD3C28 #D95D4A #E38A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BD3C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BD3C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3C28

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3C28	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)

#615725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 60, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7963',
    500: '#bd3c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3c28;
$custom-light: #da7963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.054,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54114,
    "c": 0.16874,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3C28

secondary

#75C0CB

accent

#D1E840

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3C28

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

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