#BD5036#BD5036

#BD5036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.147 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5036
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 42.28, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 56.00, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1205 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.147 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5232, 16.8257, 5.4456)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5036 #36A3BD

analogous

#BD365F #BD5036 #BD9436

triadic

#BD5036 #36BD50 #5036BD

tetradic

#BD5036 #5FBD36 #36A3BD #9436BD

square

#BD5036 #5FBD36 #36A3BD #9436BD

split-complementary

#BD5036 #36BD94 #365FBD

monochromatic

#5E281B #8D3C28 #BD5036 #D1755F #DF9E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BD5036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BD5036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5036

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5036	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.147 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856e',
    500: '#bd5036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5036;
$custom-light: #d8856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5036

secondary

#85BCC9

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5036

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

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