#BF5552#BF5552

#BF5552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.137 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5552
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 42.37, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 48.09, 28.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1256 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.137 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2595, 18.1857, 10.1084)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5552 #52BCBF

analogous

#BF5285 #BF5552 #BF8B52

triadic

#BF5552 #52BF55 #5552BF

tetradic

#BF5552 #85BF52 #52BCBF #8B52BF

square

#BF5552 #85BF52 #52BCBF #8B52BF

split-complementary

#BF5552 #52BF8B #5285BF

monochromatic

#6E2B29 #9B3C39 #BF5552 #D0817F #E0ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BF5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BF5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5552

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5552	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.137 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88882',
    500: '#bf5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5552;
$custom-light: #d88882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.651,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58279,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5552

secondary

#9FCCCE

accent

#D2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5552

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

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