#BD4442#BD4442

#BD4442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.156 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4442
RGB	rgb(189, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 48.49, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 55.76, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1423 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.156 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0391, 15.3497, 6.8501)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4442 #42BBBD

analogous

#BD427D #BD4442 #BD8242

triadic

#BD4442 #42BD44 #4442BD

tetradic

#BD4442 #7DBD42 #42BBBD #8242BD

square

#BD4442 #7DBD42 #42BBBD #8242BD

split-complementary

#BD4442 #42BD82 #427DBD

monochromatic

#622322 #903432 #BD4442 #CD716F #DD9E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BD4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BD4442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4442

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4442	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)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.156 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e76',
    500: '#bd4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4442;
$custom-light: #d87e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55407,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4442

secondary

#92C8C9

accent

#D6D850

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4442

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

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