#BF5551#BF5551

#BF5551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.138 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5551
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 42.30, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 48.30, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1252 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.138 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2218, 18.1706, 9.9094)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5551 #51BBBF

analogous

#BF5184 #BF5551 #BF8C51

triadic

#BF5551 #51BF55 #5551BF

tetradic

#BF5551 #84BF51 #51BBBF #8C51BF

square

#BF5551 #84BF51 #51BBBF #8C51BF

split-complementary

#BF5551 #51BF8C #5184BF

monochromatic

#6D2B28 #9A3C39 #BF5551 #CF817E #E0ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BF5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BF5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5551

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5551	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#6F6850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.138 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88882',
    500: '#bf5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5551;
$custom-light: #d88882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58259,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5551

secondary

#9ECCCE

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5551

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

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