#BF5656#BF5656

#BF5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.136 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5656
RGB	rgb(191, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 42.20, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 47.02, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1257 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.136 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4955, 18.4069, 10.9599)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5656 #56BFBF

analogous

#BF568B #BF5656 #BF8B56

triadic

#BF5656 #56BF56 #5656BF

tetradic

#BF5656 #8BBF56 #56BFBF #8B56BF

square

#BF5656 #8BBF56 #56BFBF #8B56BF

split-complementary

#BF5656 #56BF8B #568BBF

monochromatic

#702A2A #9D3B3B #BF5656 #D08282 #E1AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BF5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BF5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5656

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5656	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.136 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78985',
    500: '#bf5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5656;
$custom-light: #d78985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58504,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5656

secondary

#A2CFCF

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5656

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

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