#BF556B#BF556B

#BF556B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.137 H 9.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF556B
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(348, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(348, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 44%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 44.65, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 45.47, 10.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1355 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.137 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3900, 18.6379, 16.0621)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF556B #55BFA9

analogous

#BF55A0 #BF556B #BF7455

triadic

#BF556B #6BBF55 #556BBF

tetradic

#BF556B #A0BF55 #55BFA9 #7455BF

square

#BF556B #A0BF55 #55BFA9 #7455BF

split-complementary

#BF556B #55BF74 #55A0BF

monochromatic

#702A38 #9C3B4F #BF556B #D08192 #E0AEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BF556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BF556B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF556B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF556B	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.137 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68995',
    500: '#bf556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf556b;
$custom-light: #d68995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.547,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58863,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF556B

secondary

#A1CEC5

accent

#D5BA53

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF556B

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

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