#BD4F37#BD4F37

#BD4F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4F37
RGB	rgb(189, 79, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 42.81, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 55.92, 40.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1224 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.147 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4743, 16.6899, 5.5464)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4F37 #37A5BD

analogous

#BD3762 #BD4F37 #BD9237

triadic

#BD4F37 #37BD4F #4F37BD

tetradic

#BD4F37 #62BD37 #37A5BD #9237BD

square

#BD4F37 #62BD37 #37A5BD #9237BD

split-complementary

#BD4F37 #37BD92 #3762BD

monochromatic

#5E271B #8E3B29 #BD4F37 #D17560 #DF9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BD4F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BD4F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4F37

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4F37	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 79, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8846f',
    500: '#bd4f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4f37;
$custom-light: #d8846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56682,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4F37

secondary

#86BDC9

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4F37

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

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