#BD482E#BD482E

#BD482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.156 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD482E
RGB	rgb(189, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 45.67, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 60.32, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1295 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.156 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7993, 15.6541, 4.3526)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD482E #2EA3BD

analogous

#BD2E5B #BD482E #BD8F2E

triadic

#BD482E #2EBD48 #482EBD

tetradic

#BD482E #5BBD2E #2EA3BD #8F2EBD

square

#BD482E #5BBD2E #2EA3BD #8F2EBD

split-complementary

#BD482E #2EBD8F #2E5BBD

monochromatic

#5B2216 #8C3522 #BD482E #D56B53 #E19584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#BD482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#BD482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD482E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD482E	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D02B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.156 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98068',
    500: '#bd482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd482e;
$custom-light: #d98068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55629,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD482E

secondary

#7CBCCA

accent

#C7E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD482E

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

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