#BD3F38#BD3F38

#BD3F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.163 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD3F38
RGB	rgb(189, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 50.07, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 59.58, 32.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.1453 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.163 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4801, 14.6627, 5.3344)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD3F38 #38B6BD

analogous

#BD3873 #BD3F38 #BD8138

triadic

#BD3F38 #38BD3F #3F38BD

tetradic

#BD3F38 #73BD38 #38B6BD #8138BD

square

#BD3F38 #73BD38 #38B6BD #8138BD

split-complementary

#BD3F38 #38BD81 #3873BD

monochromatic

#5F201C #8E2F2A #BD3F38 #D06862 #DE9591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BD3F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BD3F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD3F38

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD3F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD3F38	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D01D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd3f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.163 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97b6f',
    500: '#bd3f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd3f38;
$custom-light: #d97b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd3f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54653,
    "c": 0.16311,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD3F38

secondary

#87C6C9

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD3F38

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

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