#BD523F#BD523F

#BD523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.142 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD523F
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 41.80, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 52.79, 37.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1207 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.142 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9031, 17.2155, 6.7132)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD523F #3FAABD

analogous

#BD3F6B #BD523F #BD913F

triadic

#BD523F #3FBD52 #523FBD

tetradic

#BD523F #6BBD3F #3FAABD #913FBD

square

#BD523F #6BBD3F #3FAABD #913FBD

split-complementary

#BD523F #3FBD91 #3F6BBD

monochromatic

#612A20 #8F3E30 #BD523F #CE7A6B #DDA499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BD523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BD523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD523F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD523F	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.142 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78674',
    500: '#bd523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd523f;
$custom-light: #d78674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.048,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57217,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD523F

secondary

#8FC0C9

accent

#C5DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD523F

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

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