#BD4B48#BD4B48

#BD4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4B48
RGB	rgb(189, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 45.71, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 52.39, 29.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1346 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.148 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6743, 16.3221, 7.9808)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4B48 #48BABD

analogous

#BD487F #BD4B48 #BD8548

triadic

#BD4B48 #48BD4B #4B48BD

tetradic

#BD4B48 #7FBD48 #48BABD #8548BD

square

#BD4B48 #7FBD48 #48BABD #8548BD

split-complementary

#BD4B48 #48BD85 #487FBD

monochromatic

#662625 #933735 #BD4B48 #CD7775 #DDA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BD4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BD4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4B48

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4B48	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7827b',
    500: '#bd4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4b48;
$custom-light: #d7827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56404,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4B48

secondary

#97C9CA

accent

#D3D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4B48

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

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