#BD505E#BD505E

#BD505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.141 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD505E
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 45.10, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 47.28, 17.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.136 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.141 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8773, 17.3673, 12.5770)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD505E #50BDAF

analogous

#BD5094 #BD505E #BD7950

triadic

#BD505E #5EBD50 #505EBD

tetradic

#BD505E #94BD50 #50BDAF #7950BD

square

#BD505E #94BD50 #50BDAF #7950BD

split-complementary

#BD505E #50BD79 #5094BD

monochromatic

#6A2831 #973945 #BD505E #CE7C87 #DFA9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD505E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD505E	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)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.141 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6858b',
    500: '#bd505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd505e;
$custom-light: #d6858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.294,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57542,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD505E

secondary

#9DCCC6

accent

#D5C453

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD505E

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

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