#BD3E38#BD3E38

#BD3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.164 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3E38
RGB	rgb(189, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 50.49, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 59.83, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1466 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.164 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4252, 14.5530, 5.3161)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3E38 #38B7BD

analogous

#BD3874 #BD3E38 #BD8038

triadic

#BD3E38 #38BD3E #3E38BD

tetradic

#BD3E38 #74BD38 #38B7BD #8038BD

square

#BD3E38 #74BD38 #38B7BD #8038BD

split-complementary

#BD3E38 #38BD80 #3874BD

monochromatic

#5F1F1C #8E2F2A #BD3E38 #D06762 #DE9491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#BD3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#BD3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3E38

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3E38	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)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.164 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a6f',
    500: '#bd3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3e38;
$custom-light: #d97a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.707,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54539,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3E38

secondary

#87C6C9

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3E38

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

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