#BD494B#BD494B

#BD494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.150 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD494B
RGB	rgb(189, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 46.84, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 52.38, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1387 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.15 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6411, 16.0951, 8.4643)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD494B #49BDBB

analogous

#BD4985 #BD494B #BD8149

triadic

#BD494B #4BBD49 #494BBD

tetradic

#BD494B #85BD49 #49BDBB #8149BD

square

#BD494B #85BD49 #49BDBB #8149BD

split-complementary

#BD494B #49BD81 #4985BD

monochromatic

#662526 #933537 #BD494B #CD7677 #DEA3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BD494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BD494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD494B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD494B	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.150 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7817d',
    500: '#bd494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd494b;
$custom-light: #d7817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.966,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56199,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD494B

secondary

#97CACA

accent

#D6D451

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD494B

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

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