#BD4D42#BD4D42

#BD4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.147 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4D42
RGB	rgb(189, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 44.38, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 53.27, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1294 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.147 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6259, 16.5231, 7.0457)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4D42 #42B2BD

analogous

#BD4274 #BD4D42 #BD8B42

triadic

#BD4D42 #42BD4D #4D42BD

tetradic

#BD4D42 #74BD42 #42B2BD #8B42BD

square

#BD4D42 #74BD42 #42B2BD #8B42BD

split-complementary

#BD4D42 #42BD8B #4274BD

monochromatic

#622822 #903B32 #BD4D42 #CD786F #DDA29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BD4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BD4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4D42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4D42	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.147 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78376',
    500: '#bd4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4d42;
$custom-light: #d78376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56569,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4D42

secondary

#92C4C9

accent

#CCD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4D42

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

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