#BF5757#BF5757

#BF5757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.134 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5757
RGB	rgb(191, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 41.79, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 46.51, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1245 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.134 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6165, 18.5840, 11.2004)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5757 #57BFBF

analogous

#BF578B #BF5757 #BF8B57

triadic

#BF5757 #57BF57 #5757BF

tetradic

#BF5757 #8BBF57 #57BFBF #8B57BF

square

#BF5757 #8BBF57 #57BFBF #8B57BF

split-complementary

#BF5757 #57BF8B #578BBF

monochromatic

#712B2B #9D3C3C #BF5757 #D08383 #E1B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BF5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BF5757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5757

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5757	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.134 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78986',
    500: '#bf5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5757;
$custom-light: #d78986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5867,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5757

secondary

#A3CFCF

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5757

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

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