#BD6959#BD6959

#BD6959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.111 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6959
RGB	rgb(189, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(10, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 31.86, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 39.75, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0942 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.111 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8429, 21.6460, 12.1610)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6959 #59ADBD

analogous

#BD597B #BD6959 #BD9B59

triadic

#BD6959 #59BD69 #6959BD

tetradic

#BD6959 #7BBD59 #59ADBD #9B59BD

square

#BD6959 #7BBD59 #59ADBD #9B59BD

split-complementary

#BD6959 #59BD9B #597BBD

monochromatic

#6F372C #9B4D3E #BD6959 #CE9185 #E0B8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BD6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BD6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6959

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6959	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.111 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59588',
    500: '#bd6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6959;
$custom-light: #d59588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61249,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6959

secondary

#A4C7CE

accent

#BFD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6959

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

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