#BD5853#BD5853

#BD5853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.131 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5853
RGB	rgb(189, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 40.22, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 46.08, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1192 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.131 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0394, 18.4258, 10.3672)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5853 #53B8BD

analogous

#BD5383 #BD5853 #BD8D53

triadic

#BD5853 #53BD58 #5853BD

tetradic

#BD5853 #83BD53 #53B8BD #8D53BD

square

#BD5853 #83BD53 #53B8BD #8D53BD

split-complementary

#BD5853 #53BD8D #5383BD

monochromatic

#6C2D29 #983F3A #BD5853 #CE837F #DFAEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BD5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BD5853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5853

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5853	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.131 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a83',
    500: '#bd5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5853;
$custom-light: #d68a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.83,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58442,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5853

secondary

#9FCBCD

accent

#CED454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5853

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

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