#BF5566#BF5566

#BF5566 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.137 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5566
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(350, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 46.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 44.14, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 45.59, 14.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1336 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.137 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1345, 18.5357, 14.7166)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5566 #55BFAE

analogous

#BF559B #BF5566 #BF7955

triadic

#BF5566 #66BF55 #5566BF

tetradic

#BF5566 #9BBF55 #55BFAE #7955BF

square

#BF5566 #9BBF55 #55BFAE #7955BF

split-complementary

#BF5566 #55BF79 #559BBF

monochromatic

#702A35 #9C3B4A #BF5566 #D0818E #E0AEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BF5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BF5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5566

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5566	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6A66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.137 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78891',
    500: '#bf5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5566;
$custom-light: #d78891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.377,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58732,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5566

secondary

#A1CEC7

accent

#D5C053

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5566

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

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