#BD5161#BD5161

#BD5161 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.139 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5161
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 97)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 44.90, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 46.67, 15.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1357 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.139 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0883, 17.5698, 13.3244)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5161 #51BDAD

analogous

#BD5197 #BD5161 #BD7751

triadic

#BD5161 #61BD51 #5161BD

tetradic

#BD5161 #97BD51 #51BDAD #7751BD

square

#BD5161 #97BD51 #51BDAD #7751BD

split-complementary

#BD5161 #51BD77 #5197BD

monochromatic

#6B2932 #973947 #BD5161 #CE7D89 #DFAAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD5161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5161

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5161	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.139 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868d',
    500: '#bd5161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5161;
$custom-light: #d5868d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57752,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5161

secondary

#9ECCC5

accent

#D5C153

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5161

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

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