#BD5557#BD5557

#BD5557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.134 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5557
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 42.05, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 46.33, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1255 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.134 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.9571, 18.0070, 11.1237)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5557 #55BDBB

analogous

#BD558B #BD5557 #BD8755

triadic

#BD5557 #57BD55 #5557BD

tetradic

#BD5557 #8BBD55 #55BDBB #8755BD

square

#BD5557 #8BBD55 #55BDBB #8755BD

split-complementary

#BD5557 #55BD87 #558BBD

monochromatic

#6D2A2C #993C3D #BD5557 #CE8183 #DFADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BD5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BD5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5557

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5557	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6D6856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.134 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68886',
    500: '#bd5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5557;
$custom-light: #d68886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.846,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58085,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.18004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5557

secondary

#A1CDCC

accent

#D4D154

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5557

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

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