#BD5556#BD5556

#BD5556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.135 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5556
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 41.97, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 46.49, 25.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1251 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.135 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9166, 17.9907, 10.9101)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5556 #55BDBC

analogous

#BD558A #BD5556 #BD8855

triadic

#BD5556 #56BD55 #5556BD

tetradic

#BD5556 #8ABD55 #55BDBC #8855BD

square

#BD5556 #8ABD55 #55BDBC #8855BD

split-complementary

#BD5556 #55BD88 #558ABD

monochromatic

#6D2A2B #993C3C #BD5556 #CE8182 #DFADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BD5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BD5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5556

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5556	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.135 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68885',
    500: '#bd5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5556;
$custom-light: #d68885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5556

secondary

#A1CDCD

accent

#D4D354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5556

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

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