#BD453B#BD453B

#BD453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.157 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD453B
RGB	rgb(189, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 47.65, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 57.24, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1382 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.157 28)
XYZ	xyz(23.9063, 15.3941, 5.8494)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD453B #3BB3BD

analogous

#BD3B72 #BD453B #BD863B

triadic

#BD453B #3BBD45 #453BBD

tetradic

#BD453B #72BD3B #3BB3BD #863BBD

square

#BD453B #72BD3B #3BB3BD #863BBD

split-complementary

#BD453B #3BBD86 #3B72BD

monochromatic

#60231E #8E342C #BD453B #CF6E66 #DE9A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BD453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BD453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD453B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD453B	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.157 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e71',
    500: '#bd453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd453b;
$custom-light: #d87e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55418,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.15391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD453B

secondary

#8BC4C9

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD453B

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

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