#BD5155#BD5155

#BD5155 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.140 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5155
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 43.84, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 48.01, 24.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1309 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.14 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5705, 17.3626, 10.5973)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5155 #51BDB9

analogous

#BD518B #BD5155 #BD8351

triadic

#BD5155 #55BD51 #5155BD

tetradic

#BD5155 #8BBD51 #51BDB9 #8351BD

square

#BD5155 #8BBD51 #51BDB9 #8351BD

split-complementary

#BD5155 #51BD83 #518BBD

monochromatic

#6B292B #97393D #BD5155 #CE7D80 #DFAAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD5155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5155

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5155	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.140 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68684',
    500: '#bd5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5155;
$custom-light: #d68684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5155

secondary

#9ECCCB

accent

#D5D053

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5155

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

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