#BD5559#BD5559

#BD5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.134 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5559
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 42.22, 18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 46.02, 23.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1263 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.134 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0400, 18.0401, 11.5600)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5559 #55BDB9

analogous

#BD558D #BD5559 #BD8555

triadic

#BD5559 #59BD55 #5559BD

tetradic

#BD5559 #8DBD55 #55BDB9 #8555BD

square

#BD5559 #8DBD55 #55BDB9 #8555BD

split-complementary

#BD5559 #55BD85 #558DBD

monochromatic

#6D2A2D #993C3F #BD5559 #CE8184 #DFADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BD5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BD5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5559

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5559	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.134 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68887',
    500: '#bd5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5559;
$custom-light: #d68887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58129,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5559

secondary

#A1CDCB

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5559

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

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