#BD5159#BD5159

#BD5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.139 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5159
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 44.18, 17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 47.44, 21.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1325 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.139 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7339, 17.4280, 11.4580)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5159 #51BDB5

analogous

#BD518F #BD5159 #BD7F51

triadic

#BD5159 #59BD51 #5159BD

tetradic

#BD5159 #8FBD51 #51BDB5 #7F51BD

square

#BD5159 #8FBD51 #51BDB5 #7F51BD

split-complementary

#BD5159 #51BD7F #518FBD

monochromatic

#6B292E #973940 #BD5159 #CE7D83 #DFAAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BD5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BD5159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5159

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5159	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.139 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68687',
    500: '#bd5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5159;
$custom-light: #d68687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57563,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5159

secondary

#9ECCC9

accent

#D5CB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5159

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

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