#BF5553#BF5553

#BF5553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.137 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5553
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 42.45, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 47.90, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.126 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.137 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2979, 18.2010, 10.3102)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5553 #53BDBF

analogous

#BF5387 #BF5553 #BF8B53

triadic

#BF5553 #53BF55 #5553BF

tetradic

#BF5553 #87BF53 #53BDBF #8B53BF

square

#BF5553 #87BF53 #53BDBF #8B53BF

split-complementary

#BF5553 #53BF8B #5387BF

monochromatic

#6E2A29 #9B3C3A #BF5553 #D08180 #E0ADAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BF5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BF5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5553

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5553	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)

#6E6852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.137 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78883',
    500: '#bf5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5553;
$custom-light: #d78883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58299,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5553

secondary

#A0CDCE

accent

#D3D552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5553

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

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