#BD4C42#BD4C42

#BD4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4C42
RGB	rgb(189, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 44.86, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 53.54, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1309 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.148 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5564, 16.3843, 7.0226)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4C42 #42B3BD

analogous

#BD4276 #BD4C42 #BD8942

triadic

#BD4C42 #42BD4C #4C42BD

tetradic

#BD4C42 #76BD42 #42B3BD #8942BD

square

#BD4C42 #76BD42 #42B3BD #8942BD

split-complementary

#BD4C42 #42BD89 #4276BD

monochromatic

#622822 #903A32 #BD4C42 #CD776F #DDA29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BD4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BD4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4C42

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4C42	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78276',
    500: '#bd4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4c42;
$custom-light: #d78276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.878,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56434,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4C42

secondary

#92C4C9

accent

#CDD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4C42

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

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