#BD5235#BD5235

#BD5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5235
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 41.25, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 55.87, 42.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1172 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.145 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6486, 17.1137, 5.3728)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5235 #35A0BD

analogous

#BD355C #BD5235 #BD9635

triadic

#BD5235 #35BD52 #5235BD

tetradic

#BD5235 #5CBD35 #35A0BD #9635BD

square

#BD5235 #5CBD35 #35A0BD #9635BD

split-complementary

#BD5235 #35BD96 #355CBD

monochromatic

#5D291A #8D3D28 #BD5235 #D2765D #DF9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BD5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BD5235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5235

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5235	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)

#6F6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866d',
    500: '#bd5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5235;
$custom-light: #d8866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5235

secondary

#84BBCA

accent

#BFDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5235

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

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