#BD5232#BD5232

#BD5232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5232
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 41.11, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 56.85, 43.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1162 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.146 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5818, 17.0869, 5.0207)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5232 #329DBD

analogous

#BD3258 #BD5232 #BD9832

triadic

#BD5232 #32BD52 #5232BD

tetradic

#BD5232 #58BD32 #329DBD #9832BD

square

#BD5232 #58BD32 #329DBD #9832BD

split-complementary

#BD5232 #32BD98 #3258BD

monochromatic

#5C2818 #8D3D25 #BD5232 #D37559 #E09D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BD5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BD5232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5232

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5232	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866b',
    500: '#bd5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5232;
$custom-light: #d8866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.813,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57044,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5232

secondary

#81B9CA

accent

#BEE146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5232

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

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