#BD5949#BD5949

#BD5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.132 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5949
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 38.96, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 48.18, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1137 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.132 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7635, 18.4477, 8.5061)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5949 #49ADBD

analogous

#BD4973 #BD5949 #BD9349

triadic

#BD5949 #49BD59 #5949BD

tetradic

#BD5949 #73BD49 #49ADBD #9349BD

square

#BD5949 #73BD49 #49ADBD #9349BD

split-complementary

#BD5949 #49BD93 #4973BD

monochromatic

#662E25 #934235 #BD5949 #CD8276 #DEABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BD5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BD5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5949

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5949	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)

#726A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.132 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a7c',
    500: '#bd5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5949;
$custom-light: #d68a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58406,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5949

secondary

#97C3CA

accent

#C4D651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5949

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

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