#BD5253#BD5253

#BD5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.139 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5253
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 43.19, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 48.01, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1285 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.139 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5670, 17.4810, 10.2097)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5253 #52BDBC

analogous

#BD5288 #BD5253 #BD8652

triadic

#BD5253 #53BD52 #5253BD

tetradic

#BD5253 #88BD52 #52BDBC #8652BD

square

#BD5253 #88BD52 #52BDBC #8652BD

split-complementary

#BD5253 #52BD86 #5288BD

monochromatic

#6C292A #983A3B #BD5253 #CE7E7F #DFABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BD5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BD5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5253

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5253	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.139 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68683',
    500: '#bd5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5253;
$custom-light: #d68683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.439,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57574,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5253

secondary

#9ECCCC

accent

#D4D353

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5253

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

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