#BD4F42#BD4F42

#BD4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.145 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4F42
RGB	rgb(189, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 43.43, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 52.73, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1264 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.145 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7680, 16.8073, 7.0931)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4F42 #42B0BD

analogous

#BD4273 #BD4F42 #BD8C42

triadic

#BD4F42 #42BD4F #4F42BD

tetradic

#BD4F42 #73BD42 #42B0BD #8C42BD

square

#BD4F42 #73BD42 #42B0BD #8C42BD

split-complementary

#BD4F42 #42BD8C #4273BD

monochromatic

#622922 #903C32 #BD4F42 #CD796F #DDA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BD4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BD4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4F42

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4F42	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.145 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78476',
    500: '#bd4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4f42;
$custom-light: #d78476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.341,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56843,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4F42

secondary

#92C3C9

accent

#C9D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4F42

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

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