#BD5656#BD5656

#BD5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.133 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5656
RGB	rgb(189, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 41.47, 20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 46.16, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1236 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.133 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9958, 18.1493, 10.9365)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5656 #56BDBD

analogous

#BD568A #BD5656 #BD8A56

triadic

#BD5656 #56BD56 #5656BD

tetradic

#BD5656 #8ABD56 #56BDBD #8A56BD

square

#BD5656 #8ABD56 #56BDBD #8A56BD

split-complementary

#BD5656 #56BD8A #568ABD

monochromatic

#6E2B2B #9A3C3C #BD5656 #CE8282 #DFAEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BD5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BD5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5656

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5656	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.133 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68985',
    500: '#bd5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5656;
$custom-light: #d68985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5656

secondary

#A1CDCD

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5656

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

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