#BD5250#BD5250

#BD5250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5250
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 42.96, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 48.57, 27.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1273 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.139 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4537, 17.4357, 9.6129)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5250 #50BBBD

analogous

#BD5084 #BD5250 #BD8850

triadic

#BD5250 #50BD52 #5250BD

tetradic

#BD5250 #84BD50 #50BBBD #8850BD

square

#BD5250 #84BD50 #50BBBD #8850BD

split-complementary

#BD5250 #50BD88 #5084BD

monochromatic

#6A2928 #973B39 #BD5250 #CE7E7C #DFAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BD5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BD5250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5250

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5250	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68681',
    500: '#bd5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5250;
$custom-light: #d68681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.101,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57513,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5250

secondary

#9DCBCC

accent

#D3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5250

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

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