#BF5550#BF5550

#BF5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.138 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5550
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 42.22, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 48.51, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1248 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.138 25)
XYZ	xyz(26.1845, 18.1557, 9.7134)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5550 #50BABF

analogous

#BF5082 #BF5550 #BF8C50

triadic

#BF5550 #50BF55 #5550BF

tetradic

#BF5550 #82BF50 #50BABF #8C50BF

square

#BF5550 #82BF50 #50BABF #8C50BF

split-complementary

#BF5550 #50BF8C #5082BF

monochromatic

#6D2B28 #9A3D38 #BF5550 #CF817D #E0ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BF5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BF5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5550

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5550	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.138 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88881',
    500: '#bf5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5550;
$custom-light: #d88881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5824,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.18153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5550

secondary

#9DCBCD

accent

#D0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5550

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

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