#BD524B#BD524B

#BD524B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD524B
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 42.58, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 49.64, 30.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1254 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.14 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2758, 17.3645, 8.6759)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD524B #4BB6BD

analogous

#BD4B7D #BD524B #BD8B4B

triadic

#BD524B #4BBD52 #524BBD

tetradic

#BD524B #7DBD4B #4BB6BD #8B4BBD

square

#BD524B #7DBD4B #4BB6BD #8B4BBD

split-complementary

#BD524B #4BBD8B #4B7DBD

monochromatic

#682A26 #943C36 #BD524B #CD7D78 #DEA8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD524B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD524B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD524B	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)

#6D664A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7867d',
    500: '#bd524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd524b;
$custom-light: #d7867d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57418,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD524B

secondary

#99C8CB

accent

#CED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD524B

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

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