#BF5561#BF5561

#BF5561 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.136 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5561
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 43.66, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 45.92, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1316 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.136 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8940, 18.4395, 13.4498)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5561 #55BFB3

analogous

#BF5596 #BF5561 #BF7E55

triadic

#BF5561 #61BF55 #5561BF

tetradic

#BF5561 #96BF55 #55BFB3 #7E55BF

square

#BF5561 #96BF55 #55BFB3 #7E55BF

split-complementary

#BF5561 #55BF7E #5596BF

monochromatic

#702A32 #9C3B46 #BF5561 #D0818A #E0AEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BF5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BF5561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5561

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5561	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.136 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7888d',
    500: '#bf5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5561;
$custom-light: #d7888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58608,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5561

secondary

#A1CEC9

accent

#D5C653

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5561

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

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