#BD5156#BD5156

#BD5156 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5156
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 43.92, 19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 47.86, 23.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1313 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.139 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6105, 17.3786, 10.8080)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5156 #51BDB8

analogous

#BD518C #BD5156 #BD8251

triadic

#BD5156 #56BD51 #5156BD

tetradic

#BD5156 #8CBD51 #51BDB8 #8251BD

square

#BD5156 #8CBD51 #51BDB8 #8251BD

split-complementary

#BD5156 #51BD82 #518CBD

monochromatic

#6B292C #97393E #BD5156 #CE7D81 #DFAAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BD5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BD5156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5156

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5156	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68685',
    500: '#bd5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5156;
$custom-light: #d68685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57497,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5156

secondary

#9ECCCA

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5156

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

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