#BD453C#BD453C

#BD453C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.156 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD453C
RGB	rgb(189, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 47.70, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 56.98, 33.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1386 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.156 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9324, 15.4046, 5.9873)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD453C #3CB4BD

analogous

#BD3C74 #BD453C #BD863C

triadic

#BD453C #3CBD45 #453CBD

tetradic

#BD453C #74BD3C #3CB4BD #863CBD

square

#BD453C #74BD3C #3CB4BD #863CBD

split-complementary

#BD453C #3CBD86 #3C74BD

monochromatic

#60231F #8F342D #BD453C #CF6F67 #DE9B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BD453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BD453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD453C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD453C	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)

#655D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.156 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87e72',
    500: '#bd453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd453c;
$custom-light: #d87e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55433,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD453C

secondary

#8CC5C9

accent

#D1DB4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD453C

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

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