#BD6956#BD6956

#BD6956 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.112 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6956
RGB	rgb(189, 105, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 31.59, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 40.55, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.093 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.112 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7195, 21.5967, 11.5110)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6956 #56AABD

analogous

#BD5677 #BD6956 #BD9D56

triadic

#BD6956 #56BD69 #6956BD

tetradic

#BD6956 #77BD56 #56AABD #9D56BD

square

#BD6956 #77BD56 #56AABD #9D56BD

split-complementary

#BD6956 #56BD9D #5677BD

monochromatic

#6E372B #9A4D3C #BD6956 #CE9082 #DFB7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BD6956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BD6956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6956

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6956	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 105, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.112 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59586',
    500: '#bd6956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6956;
$custom-light: #d59586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.068,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6956

secondary

#A1C5CD

accent

#BCD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6956

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

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