#BD4531#BD4531

#BD4531 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.159 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4531
RGB	rgb(189, 69, 49)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 47.15, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 60.09, 38.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1347 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.159 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6713, 15.3002, 4.6119)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4531 #31A9BD

analogous

#BD3163 #BD4531 #BD8B31

triadic

#BD4531 #31BD45 #4531BD

tetradic

#BD4531 #63BD31 #31A9BD #8B31BD

square

#BD4531 #63BD31 #31A9BD #8B31BD

split-complementary

#BD4531 #31BD8B #3163BD

monochromatic

#5C2218 #8C3324 #BD4531 #D46958 #E09588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BD4531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BD4531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4531

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4531	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 69, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.159 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97e6a',
    500: '#bd4531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4531;
$custom-light: #d97e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55282,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4531

secondary

#80BFCA

accent

#CCE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4531

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

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