#BD5259#BD5259

#BD5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.138 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5259
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 43.69, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 47.08, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.131 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.138 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8088, 17.5777, 11.4830)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5259 #52BDB6

analogous

#BD528E #BD5259 #BD8052

triadic

#BD5259 #59BD52 #5259BD

tetradic

#BD5259 #8EBD52 #52BDB6 #8052BD

square

#BD5259 #8EBD52 #52BDB6 #8052BD

split-complementary

#BD5259 #52BD80 #528EBD

monochromatic

#6C292D #983A40 #BD5259 #CE7E84 #DFABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5259

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5259	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.138 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68687',
    500: '#bd5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5259;
$custom-light: #d68687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.075,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57703,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5259

secondary

#9ECCC9

accent

#D4CC53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5259

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

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