#BD503C#BD503C

#BD503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.145 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD503C
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 42.60, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 54.17, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1227 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.145 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6729, 16.8856, 6.2341)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD503C #3CA9BD

analogous

#BD3C69 #BD503C #BD913C

triadic

#BD503C #3CBD50 #503CBD

tetradic

#BD503C #69BD3C #3CA9BD #913CBD

square

#BD503C #69BD3C #3CA9BD #913CBD

split-complementary

#BD503C #3CBD91 #3C69BD

monochromatic

#60291F #8F3C2D #BD503C #CF7767 #DEA196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BD503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD503C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD503C	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D633A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.145 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78572',
    500: '#bd503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd503c;
$custom-light: #d78572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.302,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD503C

secondary

#8CC0C9

accent

#C5DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD503C

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

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