#BF505B#BF505B

#BF505B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.143 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF505B
RGB	rgb(191, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 45.53, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 48.39, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1368 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.143 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2449, 17.5722, 11.9052)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF505B #50BFB4

analogous

#BF5092 #BF505B #BF7C50

triadic

#BF505B #5BBF50 #505BBF

tetradic

#BF505B #92BF50 #50BFB4 #7C50BF

square

#BF505B #92BF50 #50BFB4 #7C50BF

split-complementary

#BF505B #50BF7C #5092BF

monochromatic

#6D282F #9A3842 #BF505B #CF7D85 #E0AAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BF505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BF505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF505B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF505B	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.143 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78589',
    500: '#bf505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf505b;
$custom-light: #d78589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.054,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF505B

secondary

#9DCDC9

accent

#D6C952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF505B

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

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