#BD5550#BD5550

#BD5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.135 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5550
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 41.48, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 47.64, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1227 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.135 25)
XYZ	xyz(25.6849, 17.8981, 9.6899)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5550 #50B8BD

analogous

#BD5082 #BD5550 #BD8B50

triadic

#BD5550 #50BD55 #5550BD

tetradic

#BD5550 #82BD50 #50B8BD #8B50BD

square

#BD5550 #82BD50 #50B8BD #8B50BD

split-complementary

#BD5550 #50BD8B #5082BD

monochromatic

#6A2B28 #973D39 #BD5550 #CE807C #DFABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BD5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BD5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5550

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5550	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.135 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68881',
    500: '#bd5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5550;
$custom-light: #d68881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.752,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57942,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.17895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5550

secondary

#9DCACC

accent

#CFD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5550

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

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