#BD4843#BD4843

#BD4843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.152 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4843
RGB	rgb(189, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 46.76, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 54.40, 30.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.137 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.152 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3191, 15.8621, 7.0902)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4843 #43B8BD

analogous

#BD437B #BD4843 #BD8543

triadic

#BD4843 #43BD48 #4843BD

tetradic

#BD4843 #7BBD43 #43B8BD #8543BD

square

#BD4843 #7BBD43 #43B8BD #8543BD

split-complementary

#BD4843 #43BD85 #437BBD

monochromatic

#632523 #903633 #BD4843 #CD7470 #DDA09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BD4843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BD4843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4843

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4843	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.152 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78077',
    500: '#bd4843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4843;
$custom-light: #d78077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55925,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4843

secondary

#93C7C9

accent

#D2D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4843

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

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