#BD5342#BD5342

#BD5342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5342
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 41.49, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 51.68, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1203 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.14 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0652, 17.4018, 7.1922)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5342 #42ACBD

analogous

#BD426E #BD5342 #BD9142

triadic

#BD5342 #42BD53 #5342BD

tetradic

#BD5342 #6EBD42 #42ACBD #9142BD

square

#BD5342 #6EBD42 #42ACBD #9142BD

split-complementary

#BD5342 #42BD91 #426EBD

monochromatic

#622B22 #903F32 #BD5342 #CD7C6F #DDA69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BD5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BD5342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5342

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5342	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78777',
    500: '#bd5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5342;
$custom-light: #d78777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57407,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5342

secondary

#92C1C9

accent

#C5D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5342

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

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