#BD494E#BD494E

#BD494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD494E
RGB	rgb(189, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 47.06, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 51.82, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1399 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.15 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7462, 16.1372, 9.0179)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD494E #49BDB8

analogous

#BD4988 #BD494E #BD7E49

triadic

#BD494E #4EBD49 #494EBD

tetradic

#BD494E #88BD49 #49BDB8 #7E49BD

square

#BD494E #88BD49 #49BDB8 #7E49BD

split-complementary

#BD494E #49BD7E #4988BD

monochromatic

#662528 #933539 #BD494E #CD767A #DEA3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BD494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BD494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD494E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD494E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7817f',
    500: '#bd494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd494e;
$custom-light: #d7817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.414,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56258,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD494E

secondary

#97CAC8

accent

#D6D151

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD494E

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

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