#BD5050#BD5050

#BD5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5050
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 43.92, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 49.21, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1304 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.141 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3051, 17.1385, 9.5633)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5050 #50BDBD

analogous

#BD5086 #BD5050 #BD8650

triadic

#BD5050 #50BD50 #5050BD

tetradic

#BD5050 #86BD50 #50BDBD #8650BD

square

#BD5050 #86BD50 #50BDBD #8650BD

split-complementary

#BD5050 #50BD86 #5086BD

monochromatic

#6A2828 #973939 #BD5050 #CE7C7C #DFA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BD5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BD5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5050

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5050	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68581',
    500: '#bd5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5050;
$custom-light: #d68581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57234,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5050

secondary

#9DCCCC

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5050

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

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