#BD5055#BD5055

#BD5055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.141 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5055
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 44.32, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 48.35, 23.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1324 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.141 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4967, 17.2151, 10.5727)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5055 #50BDB8

analogous

#BD508B #BD5055 #BD8250

triadic

#BD5055 #55BD50 #5055BD

tetradic

#BD5055 #8BBD50 #50BDB8 #8250BD

square

#BD5055 #8BBD50 #50BDB8 #8250BD

split-complementary

#BD5055 #50BD82 #508BBD

monochromatic

#6A282B #97393D #BD5055 #CE7C80 #DFA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BD5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BD5055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5055

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5055	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.141 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68584',
    500: '#bd5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5055;
$custom-light: #d68584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.248,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57337,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5055

secondary

#9DCCCA

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5055

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →