#BD5151#BD5151

#BD5151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5151
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 43.52, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 48.70, 26.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1293 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.14 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4161, 17.3009, 9.7840)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5151 #51BDBD

analogous

#BD5187 #BD5151 #BD8751

triadic

#BD5151 #51BD51 #5151BD

tetradic

#BD5151 #87BD51 #51BDBD #8751BD

square

#BD5151 #87BD51 #51BDBD #8751BD

split-complementary

#BD5151 #51BD87 #5187BD

monochromatic

#6B2929 #973939 #BD5151 #CE7D7D #DFAAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BD5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BD5151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5151

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5151	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68681',
    500: '#bd5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5151;
$custom-light: #d68681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57393,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5151

secondary

#9ECCCC

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5151

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

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