#BD3E35#BD3E35

#BD3E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.165 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3E35
RGB	rgb(189, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 50.34, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 60.63, 33.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1455 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.165 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3540, 14.5245, 4.9412)
Luminance	0.1452 (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

#BD3E35 #35B4BD

analogous

#BD3570 #BD3E35 #BD8235

triadic

#BD3E35 #35BD3E #3E35BD

tetradic

#BD3E35 #70BD35 #35B4BD #8235BD

square

#BD3E35 #70BD35 #35B4BD #8235BD

split-complementary

#BD3E35 #35BD82 #3570BD

monochromatic

#5D1F1A #8D2E28 #BD3E35 #D2655D #DF938D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#BD3E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BD3E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3E35

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3E35	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.165 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6d',
    500: '#bd3e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3e35;
$custom-light: #d97a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54496,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3E35

secondary

#84C5CA

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3E35

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

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