#BD4C49#BD4C49

#BD4C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.147 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4C49
RGB	rgb(189, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 45.31, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 51.88, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1336 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.147 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7756, 16.4719, 8.1768)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4C49 #49BABD

analogous

#BD4980 #BD4C49 #BD8649

triadic

#BD4C49 #49BD4C #4C49BD

tetradic

#BD4C49 #80BD49 #49BABD #8649BD

square

#BD4C49 #80BD49 #49BABD #8649BD

split-complementary

#BD4C49 #49BD86 #4980BD

monochromatic

#662725 #933835 #BD4C49 #CD7876 #DEA4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BD4C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BD4C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4C49

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4C49	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)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.147 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7827b',
    500: '#bd4c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4c49;
$custom-light: #d7827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56555,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4C49

secondary

#97C9CA

accent

#D3D651

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4C49

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

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