#BD5855#BD5855

#BD5855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.131 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5855
RGB	rgb(189, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 40.38, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 45.68, 27.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.12 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.131 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1178, 18.4572, 10.7798)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5855 #55BABD

analogous

#BD5586 #BD5855 #BD8C55

triadic

#BD5855 #55BD58 #5855BD

tetradic

#BD5855 #86BD55 #55BABD #8C55BD

square

#BD5855 #86BD55 #55BABD #8C55BD

split-complementary

#BD5855 #55BD8C #5586BD

monochromatic

#6D2C2A #993E3C #BD5855 #CE8381 #DFAFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BD5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BD5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5855

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5855	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.131 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a85',
    500: '#bd5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5855;
$custom-light: #d68a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.731,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5855

secondary

#A1CCCD

accent

#D0D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5855

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

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