#BD5137#BD5137

#BD5137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.145 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5137
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 41.84, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 55.46, 41.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1194 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.145 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6207, 16.9827, 5.5952)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5137 #37A3BD

analogous

#BD3760 #BD5137 #BD9437

triadic

#BD5137 #37BD51 #5137BD

tetradic

#BD5137 #60BD37 #37A3BD #9437BD

square

#BD5137 #60BD37 #37A3BD #9437BD

split-complementary

#BD5137 #37BD94 #3760BD

monochromatic

#5E281B #8E3D29 #BD5137 #D17660 #DF9F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BD5137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BD5137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5137

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5137	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.145 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#bd5137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5137;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56963,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5137

secondary

#86BCC9

accent

#C1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5137

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

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