#BD3E37#BD3E37

#BD3E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.164 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3E37
RGB	rgb(189, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 50.44, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 60.09, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.1462 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.164 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4010, 14.5433, 5.1886)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3E37 #37B6BD

analogous

#BD3773 #BD3E37 #BD8137

triadic

#BD3E37 #37BD3E #3E37BD

tetradic

#BD3E37 #73BD37 #37B6BD #8137BD

square

#BD3E37 #73BD37 #37B6BD #8137BD

split-complementary

#BD3E37 #37BD81 #3773BD

monochromatic

#5E1F1B #8E2E29 #BD3E37 #D16660 #DF9490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BD3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BD3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3E37

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3E37	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.164 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6e',
    500: '#bd3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3e37;
$custom-light: #d97a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.134,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54524,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3E37

secondary

#86C6C9

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3E37

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

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