#BD4E38#BD4E38

#BD4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.148 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4E38
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 43.34, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 55.85, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1242 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.148 33)
XYZ	xyz(24.4269, 16.5564, 5.6500)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4E38 #38A7BD

analogous

#BD3864 #BD4E38 #BD9038

triadic

#BD4E38 #38BD4E #4E38BD

tetradic

#BD4E38 #64BD38 #38A7BD #9038BD

square

#BD4E38 #64BD38 #38A7BD #9038BD

split-complementary

#BD4E38 #38BD90 #3864BD

monochromatic

#5F271C #8E3B2A #BD4E38 #D07462 #DE9E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BD4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BD4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4E38

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4E38	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.148 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8836f',
    500: '#bd4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4e38;
$custom-light: #d8836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.925,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56556,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.16553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4E38

secondary

#87BEC9

accent

#C5DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4E38

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

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