#BF5251#BF5251

#BF5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.141 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF5251
RGBrgb(191, 82, 81)
HSLhsl(1, 46%, 53%)
HSVhsv(1, 58%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57.1%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(49.14, 43.76, 22.58)
CIE-LCHlch(49.14, 49.24, 27.30°)
OKLaboklab(57.84% 0.1298 0.0552)
OKLCHoklch(57.84% 0.141 23)
XYZxyz(25.9906, 17.7082, 9.8323)
Luminance0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF5251 #51BEBF
analogous
#BF5187 #BF5251 #BF8951
triadic
#BF5251 #51BF52 #5251BF
tetradic
#BF5251 #87BF51 #51BEBF #8951BF
square
#BF5251 #87BF51 #51BEBF #8951BF
split-complementary
#BF5251 #51BF89 #5187BF
monochromatic
#6D2928 #9A3A39 #BF5251 #CF7E7E #E0ABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62
#BF5251 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54
#BF5251 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5251
4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF5251#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BF52511.004.624.544.62
#FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00
#0000004.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C6650
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#887D4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D03F53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.141 23.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88681',
    500: '#bf5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf5251;
$custom-light: #d88681;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57835,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.17705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF5251
secondary
#9ECDCE
accent
#D5D652
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FCF0EE
border
#D5CBC9
text
#150B0A
muted
#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5251

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#BF5251 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva