#BD5059#BD5059

#BD5059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.141 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5059
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 44.66, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 47.80, 20.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.134 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.141 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6602, 17.2805, 11.4334)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5059 #50BDB4

analogous

#BD508F #BD5059 #BD7E50

triadic

#BD5059 #59BD50 #5059BD

tetradic

#BD5059 #8FBD50 #50BDB4 #7E50BD

square

#BD5059 #8FBD50 #50BDB4 #7E50BD

split-complementary

#BD5059 #50BD7E #508FBD

monochromatic

#6A282E #973941 #BD5059 #CE7C83 #DFA9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BD5059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD5059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5059

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5059	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.141 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68587',
    500: '#bd5059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5059;
$custom-light: #d68587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.046,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57425,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5059

secondary

#9DCCC8

accent

#D5CA53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5059

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

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