#BD3C36#BD3C36

#BD3C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.166 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3C36
RGB	rgb(189, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 51.20, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 60.85, 32.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1484 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.166 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2705, 14.3203, 5.0281)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3C36 #36B7BD

analogous

#BD3673 #BD3C36 #BD8036

triadic

#BD3C36 #36BD3C #3C36BD

tetradic

#BD3C36 #73BD36 #36B7BD #8036BD

square

#BD3C36 #73BD36 #36B7BD #8036BD

split-complementary

#BD3C36 #36BD80 #3673BD

monochromatic

#5E1E1B #8D2D28 #BD3C36 #D1645F #DF928F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BD3C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BD3C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3C36

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3C36	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0153C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.166 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796d',
    500: '#bd3c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3c36;
$custom-light: #d9796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54285,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3C36

secondary

#85C6C9

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3C36

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

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