#BD4E35#BD4E35

#BD4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4E35
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 43.19, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 56.77, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1232 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.149 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3557, 16.5279, 5.2751)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4E35 #35A4BD

analogous

#BD3560 #BD4E35 #BD9235

triadic

#BD4E35 #35BD4E #4E35BD

tetradic

#BD4E35 #60BD35 #35A4BD #9235BD

square

#BD4E35 #60BD35 #35A4BD #9235BD

split-complementary

#BD4E35 #35BD92 #3560BD

monochromatic

#5D271A #8D3A28 #BD4E35 #D2735D #DF9C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BD4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BD4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4E35

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4E35	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8836d',
    500: '#bd4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4e35;
$custom-light: #d8836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4E35

secondary

#84BDCA

accent

#C4DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4E35

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

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