#BF556D#BF556D

#BF556D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.138 H 8.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF556D
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 44.86, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 45.47, 9.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1363 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.138 8.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4964, 18.6805, 16.6227)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF556D #55BFA7

analogous

#BF55A2 #BF556D #BF7255

triadic

#BF556D #6DBF55 #556DBF

tetradic

#BF556D #A2BF55 #55BFA7 #7255BF

square

#BF556D #A2BF55 #55BFA7 #7255BF

split-complementary

#BF556D #55BF72 #55A2BF

monochromatic

#702A3A #9C3B51 #BF556D #D08193 #E0AEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BF556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BF556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF556D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF556D	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.138 8.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68996',
    500: '#bf556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf556d;
$custom-light: #d68996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58917,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 8.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF556D

secondary

#A1CEC4

accent

#D5B853

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF556D

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

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