#BD3C42#BD3C42

#BD3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.165 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3C42
RGB	rgb(189, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 51.85, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 58.00, 26.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1529 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.165 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.5879, 14.4472, 6.6997)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3C42 #3CBDB7

analogous

#BD3C83 #BD3C42 #BD773C

triadic

#BD3C42 #42BD3C #3C42BD

tetradic

#BD3C42 #83BD3C #3CBDB7 #773CBD

square

#BD3C42 #83BD3C #3CBDB7 #773CBD

split-complementary

#BD3C42 #3CBD77 #3C83BD

monochromatic

#601F22 #8F2D32 #BD3C42 #CF676C #DE9699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BD3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BD3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3C42

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3C42	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF1A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.165 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a76',
    500: '#bd3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3c42;
$custom-light: #d87a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54477,
    "c": 0.16489,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3C42

secondary

#8CC9C6

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3C42

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

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