#BD3C38#BD3C38

#BD3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.166 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3C38
RGB	rgb(189, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 51.30, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 60.33, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1491 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.166 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3184, 14.3395, 5.2805)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3C38 #38B9BD

analogous

#BD3876 #BD3C38 #BD7F38

triadic

#BD3C38 #38BD3C #3C38BD

tetradic

#BD3C38 #76BD38 #38B9BD #7F38BD

square

#BD3C38 #76BD38 #38B9BD #7F38BD

split-complementary

#BD3C38 #38BD7F #3876BD

monochromatic

#5F1E1C #8E2D2A #BD3C38 #D06562 #DE9391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#BD3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BD3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3C38

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3C38	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0163C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.166 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9796f',
    500: '#bd3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3c38;
$custom-light: #d9796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.805,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3C38

secondary

#87C7C9

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3C38

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

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