#BF5353#BF5353

#BF5353 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.140 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5353
RGB	rgb(191, 83, 83)
HSL	hsl(0, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 43.43, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 48.54, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1291 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.14 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1426, 17.8906, 10.2585)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5353 #53BFBF

analogous

#BF5389 #BF5353 #BF8953

triadic

#BF5353 #53BF53 #5353BF

tetradic

#BF5353 #89BF53 #53BFBF #8953BF

square

#BF5353 #89BF53 #53BFBF #8953BF

split-complementary

#BF5353 #53BF89 #5389BF

monochromatic

#6E2929 #9B3A3A #BF5353 #D08080 #E0ACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BF5353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BF5353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5353

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5353	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 83, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.140 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88783',
    500: '#bf5353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5353;
$custom-light: #d88783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58015,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5353

secondary

#A0CECE

accent

#D5D552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5353

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

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