#BD4C48#BD4C48

#BD4C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4C48
RGB	rgb(189, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 45.24, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 52.10, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1332 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.147 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7427, 16.4588, 8.0036)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4C48 #48B9BD

analogous

#BD487E #BD4C48 #BD8648

triadic

#BD4C48 #48BD4C #4C48BD

tetradic

#BD4C48 #7EBD48 #48B9BD #8648BD

square

#BD4C48 #7EBD48 #48B9BD #8648BD

split-complementary

#BD4C48 #48BD86 #487EBD

monochromatic

#662725 #933835 #BD4C48 #CD7875 #DDA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BD4C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BD4C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4C48

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4C48	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7827b',
    500: '#bd4c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4c48;
$custom-light: #d7827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.051,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56537,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4C48

secondary

#97C8CA

accent

#D2D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4C48

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

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