#BD4537#BD4537

#BD4537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.157 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4537
RGB	rgb(189, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 47.44, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 58.34, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1368 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.157 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8065, 15.3542, 5.3238)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4537 #37AFBD

analogous

#BD376C #BD4537 #BD8837

triadic

#BD4537 #37BD45 #4537BD

tetradic

#BD4537 #6CBD37 #37AFBD #8837BD

square

#BD4537 #6CBD37 #37AFBD #8837BD

split-complementary

#BD4537 #37BD88 #376CBD

monochromatic

#5E221B #8E3429 #BD4537 #D16C60 #DF9890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BD4537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BD4537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4537

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4537	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.157 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e6e',
    500: '#bd4537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4537;
$custom-light: #d87e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5536,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4537

secondary

#86C2C9

accent

#CFDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4537

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

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