#BD5536#BD5536

#BD5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.142 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5536
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 39.82, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 54.90, 43.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1129 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.142 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9030, 17.5853, 5.5722)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5536 #369EBD

analogous

#BD365A #BD5536 #BD9936

triadic

#BD5536 #36BD55 #5536BD

tetradic

#BD5536 #5ABD36 #369EBD #9936BD

square

#BD5536 #5ABD36 #369EBD #9936BD

split-complementary

#BD5536 #36BD99 #365ABD

monochromatic

#5E2A1B #8D4028 #BD5536 #D1795F #DFA18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BD5536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5536

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5536	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.142 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886e',
    500: '#bd5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5536;
$custom-light: #d8886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57529,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5536

secondary

#85BAC9

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5536

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

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