#BD5965#BD5965

#BD5965 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.129 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5965
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 101)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(353, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 41.35, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 43.21, 16.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1249 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.129 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9094, 18.9061, 14.5415)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5965 #59BDB1

analogous

#BD5997 #BD5965 #BD7F59

triadic

#BD5965 #65BD59 #5965BD

tetradic

#BD5965 #97BD59 #59BDB1 #7F59BD

square

#BD5965 #97BD59 #59BDB1 #7F59BD

split-complementary

#BD5965 #59BD7F #5997BD

monochromatic

#6F2C34 #9B3E49 #BD5965 #CE858E #E0B1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD5965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BD5965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5965

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5965	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.129 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b90',
    500: '#bd5965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5965;
$custom-light: #d58b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58993,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5965

secondary

#A4CEC9

accent

#D3C455

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5965

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

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