#BD4839#BD4839

#BD4839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.154 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4839
RGB	rgb(189, 72, 57)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 46.19, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 57.03, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1333 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.154 30)
XYZ	xyz(24.0446, 15.7523, 5.6445)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4839 #39AEBD

analogous

#BD396C #BD4839 #BD8A39

triadic

#BD4839 #39BD48 #4839BD

tetradic

#BD4839 #6CBD39 #39AEBD #8A39BD

square

#BD4839 #6CBD39 #39AEBD #8A39BD

split-complementary

#BD4839 #39BD8A #396CBD

monochromatic

#5F241D #8E362B #BD4839 #D07063 #DE9B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BD4839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BD4839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4839

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4839	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 72, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.154 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88070',
    500: '#bd4839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4839;
$custom-light: #d88070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55769,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.15749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4839

secondary

#89C2C9

accent

#CCDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4839

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

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