#BD5C53#BD5C53

#BD5C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.127 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5C53
RGB	rgb(189, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 38.18, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 44.85, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1129 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.127 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.3768, 19.1006, 10.4797)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5C53 #53B4BD

analogous

#BD537F #BD5C53 #BD9153

triadic

#BD5C53 #53BD5C #5C53BD

tetradic

#BD5C53 #7FBD53 #53B4BD #9153BD

square

#BD5C53 #7FBD53 #53B4BD #9153BD

split-complementary

#BD5C53 #53BD91 #537FBD

monochromatic

#6C2F29 #98423A #BD5C53 #CE867F #DFB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BD5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BD5C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5C53

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5C53	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.127 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c83',
    500: '#bd5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5c53;
$custom-light: #d68c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59046,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5C53

secondary

#9FC9CD

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5C53

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

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