#BD505C#BD505C

#BD505C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.141 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD505C
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 44.92, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 47.46, 18.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1352 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.141 16)
XYZ	xyz(25.7887, 17.3319, 12.1105)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD505C #50BDB1

analogous

#BD5093 #BD505C #BD7A50

triadic

#BD505C #5CBD50 #505CBD

tetradic

#BD505C #93BD50 #50BDB1 #7A50BD

square

#BD505C #93BD50 #50BDB1 #7A50BD

split-complementary

#BD505C #50BD7A #5093BD

monochromatic

#6A282F #973943 #BD505C #CE7C85 #DFA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD505C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD505C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD505C	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.141 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6858a',
    500: '#bd505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd505c;
$custom-light: #d6858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.394,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57494,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.17329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD505C

secondary

#9DCCC7

accent

#D5C753

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD505C

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

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