#BD5038#BD5038

#BD5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.146 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5038
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 42.38, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 55.38, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1212 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.146 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5712, 16.8449, 5.6981)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5038 #38A5BD

analogous

#BD3862 #BD5038 #BD9238

triadic

#BD5038 #38BD50 #5038BD

tetradic

#BD5038 #62BD38 #38A5BD #9238BD

square

#BD5038 #62BD38 #38A5BD #9238BD

split-complementary

#BD5038 #38BD92 #3862BD

monochromatic

#5F281C #8E3C2A #BD5038 #D07662 #DE9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BD5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BD5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5038

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5038	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.146 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#bd5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5038;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.827,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5038

secondary

#87BDC9

accent

#C3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5038

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

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