#BD5249#BD5249

#BD5249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5249
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 42.44, 26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 50.12, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1246 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.14 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2084, 17.3376, 8.3211)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5249 #49B4BD

analogous

#BD497A #BD5249 #BD8C49

triadic

#BD5249 #49BD52 #5249BD

tetradic

#BD5249 #7ABD49 #49B4BD #8C49BD

square

#BD5249 #7ABD49 #49B4BD #8C49BD

split-complementary

#BD5249 #49BD8C #497ABD

monochromatic

#662A25 #933D35 #BD5249 #CD7D76 #DEA7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD5249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5249

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5249	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7867c',
    500: '#bd5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5249;
$custom-light: #d7867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57382,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5249

secondary

#97C7CA

accent

#CCD651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5249

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

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