#BD505D#BD505D

#BD505D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.141 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD505D
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 93)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 45.01, 14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 47.37, 18.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1356 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.141 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8327, 17.3495, 12.3422)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD505D #50BDB0

analogous

#BD5093 #BD505D #BD7950

triadic

#BD505D #5DBD50 #505DBD

tetradic

#BD505D #93BD50 #50BDB0 #7950BD

square

#BD505D #93BD50 #50BDB0 #7950BD

split-complementary

#BD505D #50BD79 #5093BD

monochromatic

#6A2830 #973944 #BD505D #CE7C86 #DFA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD505D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD505D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD505D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD505D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD505D	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)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd505d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.141 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6858a',
    500: '#bd505d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd505d;
$custom-light: #d6858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd505d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.844,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57518,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD505D

secondary

#9DCCC6

accent

#D5C553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD505D

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

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