#BD4837#BD4837

#BD4837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.154 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD4837
RGBrgb(189, 72, 55)
HSLhsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(8, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.62, 46.09, 34.55)
CIE-LCHlch(46.62, 57.60, 36.85°)
OKLaboklab(55.74% 0.1326 0.079)
OKLCHoklch(55.74% 0.154 30.8)
XYZxyz(23.9957, 15.7327, 5.3868)
Luminance0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD4837 #37ACBD
analogous
#BD3769 #BD4837 #BD8B37
triadic
#BD4837 #37BD48 #4837BD
tetradic
#BD4837 #69BD37 #37ACBD #8B37BD
square
#BD4837 #69BD37 #37ACBD #8B37BD
split-complementary
#BD4837 #37BD8B #3769BD
monochromatic
#5E241B #8E3629 #BD4837 #D16F60 #DF9A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07
#BD4837 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15
#BD4837 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4837
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD4837#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BD48371.005.074.155.07
#FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#685E35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#857834
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF2D45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd4837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.154 30.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8806e',
    500: '#bd4837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd4837;
$custom-light: #d8806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd4837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55741,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD4837
secondary
#86C1C9
accent
#CBDE4A
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEC
border
#D5CAC7
text
#160A07
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

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#BD4837 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva