#BD4E42#BD4E42

#BD4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.146 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4E42
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 43.91, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 53.00, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1279 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.146 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6964, 16.6642, 7.0692)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4E42 #42B1BD

analogous

#BD4273 #BD4E42 #BD8C42

triadic

#BD4E42 #42BD4E #4E42BD

tetradic

#BD4E42 #73BD42 #42B1BD #8C42BD

square

#BD4E42 #73BD42 #42B1BD #8C42BD

split-complementary

#BD4E42 #42BD8C #4273BD

monochromatic

#622922 #903B32 #BD4E42 #CD786F #DDA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BD4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BD4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4E42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4E42	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.146 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78476',
    500: '#bd4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4e42;
$custom-light: #d78476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4E42

secondary

#92C4C9

accent

#CBD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4E42

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

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