#BD4236#BD4236

#BD4236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.160 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4236
RGB	rgb(189, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 48.70, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 59.37, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1405 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.16 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6028, 14.9849, 5.1388)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4236 #36B1BD

analogous

#BD366E #BD4236 #BD8536

triadic

#BD4236 #36BD42 #4236BD

tetradic

#BD4236 #6EBD36 #36B1BD #8536BD

square

#BD4236 #6EBD36 #36B1BD #8536BD

split-complementary

#BD4236 #36BD85 #366EBD

monochromatic

#5E211B #8D3128 #BD4236 #D1695F #DF968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BD4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BD4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4236

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4236	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.160 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87c6d',
    500: '#bd4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4236;
$custom-light: #d87c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54979,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4236

secondary

#85C3C9

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4236

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

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