#BD5538#BD5538

#BD5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.141 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5538
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 39.92, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 54.25, 42.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1136 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.141 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9510, 17.6045, 5.8247)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5538 #38A0BD

analogous

#BD385D #BD5538 #BD9838

triadic

#BD5538 #38BD55 #5538BD

tetradic

#BD5538 #5DBD38 #38A0BD #9838BD

square

#BD5538 #5DBD38 #38A0BD #9838BD

split-complementary

#BD5538 #38BD98 #385DBD

monochromatic

#5F2B1C #8E402A #BD5538 #D07A62 #DEA291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BD5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BD5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5538

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5538	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.141 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78870',
    500: '#bd5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5538;
$custom-light: #d78870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.083,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57554,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5538

secondary

#87BBC9

accent

#BDDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5538

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

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