#BF556C#BF556C

#BF556C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.138 H 8.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF556C
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(347, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 43.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 44.76, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 45.47, 10.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1359 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.138 8.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4429, 18.6591, 16.3408)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF556C #55BFA8

analogous

#BF55A1 #BF556C #BF7355

triadic

#BF556C #6CBF55 #556CBF

tetradic

#BF556C #A1BF55 #55BFA8 #7355BF

square

#BF556C #A1BF55 #55BFA8 #7355BF

split-complementary

#BF556C #55BF73 #55A1BF

monochromatic

#702A39 #9C3B50 #BF556C #D08192 #E0AEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BF556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BF556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF556C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF556C	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)

#6A6B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.138 8.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68996',
    500: '#bf556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf556c;
$custom-light: #d68996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 8.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF556C

secondary

#A1CEC5

accent

#D5B953

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF556C

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

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