#BD4A42#BD4A42

#BD4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.150 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4A42
RGB	rgb(189, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 45.79, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 54.09, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1338 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.15 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4208, 16.1130, 6.9774)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4A42 #42B5BD

analogous

#BD4278 #BD4A42 #BD8742

triadic

#BD4A42 #42BD4A #4A42BD

tetradic

#BD4A42 #78BD42 #42B5BD #8742BD

square

#BD4A42 #78BD42 #42B5BD #8742BD

split-complementary

#BD4A42 #42BD87 #4278BD

monochromatic

#622622 #903832 #BD4A42 #CD756F #DDA19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BD4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BD4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4A42

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4A42	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.150 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78176',
    500: '#bd4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4a42;
$custom-light: #d78176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.902,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56168,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4A42

secondary

#92C5C9

accent

#CFD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4A42

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

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