#BD5140#BD5140

#BD5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.143 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5140
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 42.34, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 52.76, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1226 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.143 31)
XYZ	xyz(24.8565, 17.0770, 6.8368)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5140 #40ACBD

analogous

#BD406E #BD5140 #BD9040

triadic

#BD5140 #40BD51 #5140BD

tetradic

#BD5140 #6EBD40 #40ACBD #9040BD

square

#BD5140 #6EBD40 #40ACBD #9040BD

split-complementary

#BD5140 #40BD90 #406EBD

monochromatic

#622A21 #8F3D31 #BD5140 #CD7A6D #DDA39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BD5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BD5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5140

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5140	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.143 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78575',
    500: '#bd5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5140;
$custom-light: #d78575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57091,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.17074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5140

secondary

#90C1C9

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5140

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

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