#BD4136#BD4136

#BD4136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.161 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4136
RGB	rgb(189, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 49.13, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 59.62, 34.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1419 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.161 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5449, 14.8691, 5.1195)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4136 #36B2BD

analogous

#BD366E #BD4136 #BD8536

triadic

#BD4136 #36BD41 #4136BD

tetradic

#BD4136 #6EBD36 #36B2BD #8536BD

square

#BD4136 #6EBD36 #36B2BD #8536BD

split-complementary

#BD4136 #36BD85 #366EBD

monochromatic

#5E201B #8D3128 #BD4136 #D1685F #DF958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#BD4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#BD4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4136

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4136	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0203F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.161 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97c6d',
    500: '#bd4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4136;
$custom-light: #d97c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54859,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4136

secondary

#85C4C9

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4136

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

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