#BD505B#BD505B

#BD505B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.141 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD505B
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 44.83, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 47.57, 19.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1348 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.141 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7453, 17.3145, 11.8818)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD505B #50BDB2

analogous

#BD5091 #BD505B #BD7B50

triadic

#BD505B #5BBD50 #505BBD

tetradic

#BD505B #91BD50 #50BDB2 #7B50BD

square

#BD505B #91BD50 #50BDB2 #7B50BD

split-complementary

#BD505B #50BD7B #5091BD

monochromatic

#6A282F #973942 #BD505B #CE7C85 #DFA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BD505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD505B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD505B

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD505B	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)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.141 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68589',
    500: '#bd505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd505b;
$custom-light: #d68589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57471,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD505B

secondary

#9DCCC7

accent

#D5C853

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD505B

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

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