#BD5B59#BD5B59

#BD5B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.127 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5B59
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 39.20, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 43.96, 26.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1169 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.127 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5325, 19.0252, 11.7242)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5B59 #59BBBD

analogous

#BD5989 #BD5B59 #BD8D59

triadic

#BD5B59 #59BD5B #5B59BD

tetradic

#BD5B59 #89BD59 #59BBBD #8D59BD

square

#BD5B59 #89BD59 #59BBBD #8D59BD

split-complementary

#BD5B59 #59BD8D #5989BD

monochromatic

#6F2E2C #9B403E #BD5B59 #CE8685 #E0B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BD5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BD5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5B59

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5B59	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.127 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c87',
    500: '#bd5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5b59;
$custom-light: #d58c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59016,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5B59

secondary

#A4CDCE

accent

#D0D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5B59

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

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