#BD5138#BD5138

#BD5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.145 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5138
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 41.89, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 55.15, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1197 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.145 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6449, 16.9924, 5.7227)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5138 #38A4BD

analogous

#BD3861 #BD5138 #BD9338

triadic

#BD5138 #38BD51 #5138BD

tetradic

#BD5138 #61BD38 #38A4BD #9338BD

square

#BD5138 #61BD38 #38A4BD #9338BD

split-complementary

#BD5138 #38BD93 #3861BD

monochromatic

#5F291C #8E3D2A #BD5138 #D07762 #DEA091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BD5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BD5138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5138

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5138	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.145 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#bd5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5138;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.278,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56976,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5138

secondary

#87BDC9

accent

#C2DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5138

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

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