#BD5251#BD5251

#BD5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5251
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 43.03, 22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 48.38, 27.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1277 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.139 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.4909, 17.4506, 9.8089)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5251 #51BCBD

analogous

#BD5186 #BD5251 #BD8851

triadic

#BD5251 #51BD52 #5251BD

tetradic

#BD5251 #86BD51 #51BCBD #8851BD

square

#BD5251 #86BD51 #51BCBD #8851BD

split-complementary

#BD5251 #51BD88 #5186BD

monochromatic

#6B2929 #973A39 #BD5251 #CE7E7D #DFAAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BD5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BD5251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5251

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5251	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)

#6C6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68681',
    500: '#bd5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5251;
$custom-light: #d68681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57533,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.17447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5251

secondary

#9ECCCC

accent

#D3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5251

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

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