#BD4A37#BD4A37

#BD4A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.152 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4A37
RGB	rgb(189, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 45.17, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 57.11, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1297 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.152 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1271, 15.9955, 5.4306)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4A37 #37AABD

analogous

#BD3767 #BD4A37 #BD8D37

triadic

#BD4A37 #37BD4A #4A37BD

tetradic

#BD4A37 #67BD37 #37AABD #8D37BD

square

#BD4A37 #67BD37 #37AABD #8D37BD

split-complementary

#BD4A37 #37BD8D #3767BD

monochromatic

#5E251B #8E3729 #BD4A37 #D17060 #DF9B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BD4A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BD4A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4A37

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4A37	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.152 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816e',
    500: '#bd4a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4a37;
$custom-light: #d8816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56003,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4A37

secondary

#86C0C9

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4A37

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

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