#BD5042#BD5042

#BD5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.144 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5042
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 42.95, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 52.46, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1249 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.144 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8406, 16.9527, 7.1173)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5042 #42AFBD

analogous

#BD4272 #BD5042 #BD8D42

triadic

#BD5042 #42BD50 #5042BD

tetradic

#BD5042 #72BD42 #42AFBD #8D42BD

square

#BD5042 #72BD42 #42AFBD #8D42BD

split-complementary

#BD5042 #42BD8D #4272BD

monochromatic

#622A22 #903D32 #BD5042 #CD7A6F #DDA49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BD5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BD5042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5042

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5042	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.144 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78576',
    500: '#bd5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5042;
$custom-light: #d78576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.829,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56982,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5042

secondary

#92C3C9

accent

#C8D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5042

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

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