#BD4A38#BD4A38

#BD4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.152 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4A38
RGB	rgb(189, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 45.22, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 56.82, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1301 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.152 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1513, 16.0052, 5.5582)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4A38 #38ABBD

analogous

#BD3869 #BD4A38 #BD8C38

triadic

#BD4A38 #38BD4A #4A38BD

tetradic

#BD4A38 #69BD38 #38ABBD #8C38BD

square

#BD4A38 #69BD38 #38ABBD #8C38BD

split-complementary

#BD4A38 #38BD8C #3869BD

monochromatic

#5F251C #8E382A #BD4A38 #D07162 #DE9B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BD4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BD4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4A38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4A38	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)

#696036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.152 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8816f',
    500: '#bd4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4a38;
$custom-light: #d8816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56017,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4A38

secondary

#87C0C9

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4A38

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

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