#BD5E5E#BD5E5E

#BD5E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.123 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E5E
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 38.12, 17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 42.10, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1141 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.123 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0113, 19.6353, 12.9550)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E5E #5EBDBD

analogous

#BD5E8D #BD5E5E #BD8D5E

triadic

#BD5E5E #5EBD5E #5E5EBD

tetradic

#BD5E5E #8DBD5E #5EBDBD #8D5EBD

square

#BD5E5E #8DBD5E #5EBDBD #8D5EBD

split-complementary

#BD5E5E #5EBD8D #5E8DBD

monochromatic

#722F2F #9D4040 #BD5E5E #CF8989 #E1B5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BD5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BD5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E5E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E5E	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.123 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e8b',
    500: '#bd5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e5e;
$custom-light: #d58e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E5E

secondary

#A8CFCF

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E5E

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

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