#BD5555#BD5555

#BD5555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.135 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5555
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 41.88, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 46.66, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1247 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.135 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8765, 17.9747, 10.6994)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5555 #55BDBD

analogous

#BD5589 #BD5555 #BD8955

triadic

#BD5555 #55BD55 #5555BD

tetradic

#BD5555 #89BD55 #55BDBD #8955BD

square

#BD5555 #89BD55 #55BDBD #8955BD

split-complementary

#BD5555 #55BD89 #5589BD

monochromatic

#6D2A2A #993C3C #BD5555 #CE8181 #DFADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BD5555 on #FFFFFF

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On black

4.59

#BD5555 on #000000

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Best text color

#000000 on #BD5555

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5555	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.135 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68884',
    500: '#bd5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5555;
$custom-light: #d68884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58043,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5555

secondary

#A1CDCD

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5555

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

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