#BD5535#BD5535

#BD5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.142 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5535
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 39.77, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 55.23, 43.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1126 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.142 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8798, 17.5760, 5.4498)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5535 #359DBD

analogous

#BD3559 #BD5535 #BD9935

triadic

#BD5535 #35BD55 #5535BD

tetradic

#BD5535 #59BD35 #359DBD #9935BD

square

#BD5535 #59BD35 #359DBD #9935BD

split-complementary

#BD5535 #35BD99 #3559BD

monochromatic

#5D2A1A #8D4028 #BD5535 #D2795D #DFA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5535

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5535	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)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.142 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886e',
    500: '#bd5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5535;
$custom-light: #d8886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57516,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5535

secondary

#84B9CA

accent

#BCDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5535

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

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