#BF556E#BF556E

#BF556E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.138 H 7.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF556E
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(346, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 44.97, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 45.49, 8.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1367 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.138 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5506, 18.7021, 16.9078)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF556E #55BFA6

analogous

#BF55A3 #BF556E #BF7155

triadic

#BF556E #6EBF55 #556EBF

tetradic

#BF556E #A3BF55 #55BFA6 #7155BF

square

#BF556E #A3BF55 #55BFA6 #7155BF

split-complementary

#BF556E #55BF71 #55A3BF

monochromatic

#702A3A #9C3B52 #BF556E #D08194 #E0AEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BF556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BF556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF556E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF556E	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)

#6A6B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.138 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68997',
    500: '#bf556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf556e;
$custom-light: #d68997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.849,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58945,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF556E

secondary

#A1CEC4

accent

#D5B653

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF556E

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

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