#BD4E50#BD4E50

#BD4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.144 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4E50
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 44.88, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 49.86, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1334 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.144 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1608, 16.8499, 9.5153)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4E50 #4EBDBB

analogous

#BD4E87 #BD4E50 #BD844E

triadic

#BD4E50 #50BD4E #4E50BD

tetradic

#BD4E50 #87BD4E #4EBDBB #844EBD

square

#BD4E50 #87BD4E #4EBDBB #844EBD

split-complementary

#BD4E50 #4EBD84 #4E87BD

monochromatic

#692728 #96383A #BD4E50 #CE7B7C #DEA7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BD4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BD4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4E50

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4E50	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.144 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68481',
    500: '#bd4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4e50;
$custom-light: #d68481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.919,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5696,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4E50

secondary

#9BCCCB

accent

#D5D352

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4E50

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

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