#BD7973#BD7973

#BD7973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.086 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7973
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(5, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 25.84, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 29.57, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0781 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.086 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9195, 25.7337, 19.5550)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7973 #73B7BD

analogous

#BD7392 #BD7973 #BD9E73

triadic

#BD7973 #73BD79 #7973BD

tetradic

#BD7973 #92BD73 #73B7BD #9E73BD

square

#BD7973 #92BD73 #73B7BD #9E73BD

split-complementary

#BD7973 #73BD9E #7392BD

monochromatic

#7B3F3A #A5554E #BD7973 #D1A19D #E4C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#BD7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BD7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7973

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7973	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.086 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a09b',
    500: '#bd7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7973;
$custom-light: #d3a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64589,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7973

secondary

#B8D2D4

accent

#C3CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7973

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

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