#BD5357#BD5357

#BD5357 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.137 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5357
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 43.03, 18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 47.02, 23.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1286 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.137 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8019, 17.6965, 11.0720)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5357 #53BDB9

analogous

#BD538C #BD5357 #BD8453

triadic

#BD5357 #57BD53 #5357BD

tetradic

#BD5357 #8CBD53 #53BDB9 #8453BD

square

#BD5357 #8CBD53 #53BDB9 #8453BD

split-complementary

#BD5357 #53BD84 #538CBD

monochromatic

#6C292C #983A3E #BD5357 #CE7F82 #DFABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BD5357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BD5357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5357

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5357	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.137 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68786',
    500: '#bd5357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5357;
$custom-light: #d68786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.736,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.578,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5357

secondary

#9FCDCB

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5357

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

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