#BD5838#BD5838

#BD5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.138 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5838
RGB	rgb(189, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 38.41, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 53.61, 44.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.109 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.138 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1922, 18.0869, 5.9051)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5838 #389DBD

analogous

#BD385A #BD5838 #BD9A38

triadic

#BD5838 #38BD58 #5838BD

tetradic

#BD5838 #5ABD38 #389DBD #9A38BD

square

#BD5838 #5ABD38 #389DBD #9A38BD

split-complementary

#BD5838 #38BD9A #385ABD

monochromatic

#5F2C1C #8E422A #BD5838 #D07C62 #DEA491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BD5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BD5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5838

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5838	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.138 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a70',
    500: '#bd5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5838;
$custom-light: #d78a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5838

secondary

#87B9C9

accent

#BADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5838

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

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