#BD5E59#BD5E59

#BD5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.123 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E59
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 37.66, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 42.97, 28.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1121 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.123 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7941, 19.5484, 11.8114)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E59 #59B8BD

analogous

#BD5986 #BD5E59 #BD9059

triadic

#BD5E59 #59BD5E #5E59BD

tetradic

#BD5E59 #86BD59 #59B8BD #9059BD

square

#BD5E59 #86BD59 #59B8BD #9059BD

split-complementary

#BD5E59 #59BD90 #5986BD

monochromatic

#6F302C #9B423E #BD5E59 #CE8885 #E0B3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BD5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BD5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E59

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E59	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.123 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e88',
    500: '#bd5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e59;
$custom-light: #d58e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E59

secondary

#A4CCCE

accent

#CDD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E59

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

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