#BD5840#BD5840

#BD5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.136 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5840
RGB	rgb(189, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 38.87, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 51.05, 40.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1118 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.136 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4037, 18.1715, 7.0192)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5840 #40A5BD

analogous

#BD4067 #BD5840 #BD9740

triadic

#BD5840 #40BD58 #5840BD

tetradic

#BD5840 #67BD40 #40A5BD #9740BD

square

#BD5840 #67BD40 #40A5BD #9740BD

split-complementary

#BD5840 #40BD97 #4067BD

monochromatic

#622D21 #8F4331 #BD5840 #CD7F6D #DDA79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BD5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BD5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5840

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5840	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#72693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.136 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a75',
    500: '#bd5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5840;
$custom-light: #d78a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58112,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5840

secondary

#90BEC9

accent

#BED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5840

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

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