#BD6551#BD6551

#BD6551 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.118 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6551
RGB	rgb(189, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 33.32, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 42.92, 39.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.0975 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.118 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1272, 20.7231, 10.3543)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6551 #51A9BD

analogous

#BD5173 #BD6551 #BD9B51

triadic

#BD6551 #51BD65 #6551BD

tetradic

#BD6551 #73BD51 #51A9BD #9B51BD

square

#BD6551 #73BD51 #51A9BD #9B51BD

split-complementary

#BD6551 #51BD9B #5173BD

monochromatic

#6B3529 #974B39 #BD6551 #CE8C7D #DFB4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BD6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BD6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6551

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6551	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.118 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59282',
    500: '#bd6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6551;
$custom-light: #d59282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60436,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6551

secondary

#9EC4CC

accent

#BDD553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6551

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

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