#BD5136#BD5136

#BD5136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5136
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 41.79, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 55.77, 41.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.119 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.146 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5970, 16.9732, 5.4702)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5136 #36A2BD

analogous

#BD365E #BD5136 #BD9536

triadic

#BD5136 #36BD51 #5136BD

tetradic

#BD5136 #5EBD36 #36A2BD #9536BD

square

#BD5136 #5EBD36 #36A2BD #9536BD

split-complementary

#BD5136 #36BD95 #365EBD

monochromatic

#5E281B #8D3D28 #BD5136 #D1765F #DF9F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BD5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BD5136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5136

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5136	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856e',
    500: '#bd5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5136;
$custom-light: #d8856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5136

secondary

#85BCC9

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5136

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

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