#BD5950#BD5950

#BD5950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.131 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5950
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 39.48, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 46.42, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1165 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.131 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.0087, 18.5458, 9.7979)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5950 #50B4BD

analogous

#BD507E #BD5950 #BD8F50

triadic

#BD5950 #50BD59 #5950BD

tetradic

#BD5950 #7EBD50 #50B4BD #8F50BD

square

#BD5950 #7EBD50 #50B4BD #8F50BD

split-complementary

#BD5950 #50BD8F #507EBD

monochromatic

#6A2E28 #974139 #BD5950 #CE837C #DFADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BD5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BD5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5950

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5950	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.131 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a81',
    500: '#bd5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5950;
$custom-light: #d68a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.954,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58533,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5950

secondary

#9DC8CC

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5950

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

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