#BF5565#BF5565

#BF5565 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.137 H 13.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5565
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 47.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 44.05, 11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 45.64, 15.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1332 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.137 13)
XYZ	xyz(27.0852, 18.5160, 14.4570)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5565 #55BFAF

analogous

#BF559A #BF5565 #BF7A55

triadic

#BF5565 #65BF55 #5565BF

tetradic

#BF5565 #9ABF55 #55BFAF #7A55BF

square

#BF5565 #9ABF55 #55BFAF #7A55BF

split-complementary

#BF5565 #55BF7A #559ABF

monochromatic

#702A35 #9C3B49 #BF5565 #D0818D #E0AEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BF5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF5565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5565

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5565	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.137 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78890',
    500: '#bf5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5565;
$custom-light: #d78890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.943,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58706,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5565

secondary

#A1CEC8

accent

#D5C153

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5565

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

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