#BD6565#BD6565

#BD6565 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.113 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6565
RGB	rgb(189, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 35.14, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 38.58, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1056 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.113 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9907, 21.0685, 14.9019)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6565 #65BDBD

analogous

#BD6591 #BD6565 #BD9165

triadic

#BD6565 #65BD65 #6565BD

tetradic

#BD6565 #91BD65 #65BDBD #9165BD

square

#BD6565 #91BD65 #65BDBD #9165BD

split-complementary

#BD6565 #65BD91 #6591BD

monochromatic

#753232 #A04545 #BD6565 #CF9090 #E2BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BD6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BD6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6565

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6565	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.113 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49290',
    500: '#bd6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6565;
$custom-light: #d49290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60849,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6565

secondary

#ADD1D1

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6565

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

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