#BD4941#BD4941

#BD4941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.151 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4941
RGB	rgb(189, 73, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 46.19, 29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 54.62, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1348 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.151 27)
XYZ	xyz(24.3253, 15.9688, 6.8014)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4941 #41B5BD

analogous

#BD4177 #BD4941 #BD8741

triadic

#BD4941 #41BD49 #4941BD

tetradic

#BD4941 #77BD41 #41B5BD #8741BD

square

#BD4941 #77BD41 #41B5BD #8741BD

split-complementary

#BD4941 #41BD87 #4177BD

monochromatic

#622622 #8F3731 #BD4941 #CD746E #DDA09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BD4941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#BD4941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4941

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4941	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 73, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.151 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88176',
    500: '#bd4941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4941;
$custom-light: #d88176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56021,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4941

secondary

#91C5C9

accent

#D0D84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4941

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

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