#BD5037#BD5037

#BD5037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.146 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5037
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 42.33, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 55.69, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1209 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.146 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5470, 16.8352, 5.5706)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5037 #37A4BD

analogous

#BD3761 #BD5037 #BD9337

triadic

#BD5037 #37BD50 #5037BD

tetradic

#BD5037 #61BD37 #37A4BD #9337BD

square

#BD5037 #61BD37 #37A4BD #9337BD

split-complementary

#BD5037 #37BD93 #3761BD

monochromatic

#5E281B #8E3C29 #BD5037 #D17560 #DF9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BD5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BD5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5037

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5037	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)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.146 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#bd5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5037;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56821,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5037

secondary

#86BDC9

accent

#C3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5037

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

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