#BD6259#BD6259

#BD6259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.119 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6259
RGB	rgb(189, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 35.58, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 41.72, 31.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1056 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.119 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.1591, 20.2783, 11.9331)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6259 #59B4BD

analogous

#BD5982 #BD6259 #BD9459

triadic

#BD6259 #59BD62 #6259BD

tetradic

#BD6259 #82BD59 #59B4BD #9459BD

square

#BD6259 #82BD59 #59B4BD #9459BD

split-complementary

#BD6259 #59BD94 #5982BD

monochromatic

#6F322C #9B463E #BD6259 #CE8B85 #E0B5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BD6259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BD6259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6259

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6259	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.119 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59088',
    500: '#bd6259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6259;
$custom-light: #d59088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60105,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.20275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6259

secondary

#A4CACE

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6259

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

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