#BD4B38#BD4B38

#BD4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.151 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4B38
RGB	rgb(189, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 44.76, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 56.57, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1286 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.151 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2186, 16.1398, 5.5806)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4B38 #38AABD

analogous

#BD3868 #BD4B38 #BD8D38

triadic

#BD4B38 #38BD4B #4B38BD

tetradic

#BD4B38 #68BD38 #38AABD #8D38BD

square

#BD4B38 #68BD38 #38AABD #8D38BD

split-complementary

#BD4B38 #38BD8D #3868BD

monochromatic

#5F261C #8E382A #BD4B38 #D07262 #DE9C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BD4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BD4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4B38

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4B38	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.151 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8826f',
    500: '#bd4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4b38;
$custom-light: #d8826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56149,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4B38

secondary

#87C0C9

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4B38

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

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