#BF5855#BF5855

#BF5855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.133 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5855
RGB	rgb(191, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 41.12, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 46.55, 27.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1222 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.133 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6174, 18.7148, 10.8032)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5855 #55BCBF

analogous

#BF5587 #BF5855 #BF8D55

triadic

#BF5855 #55BF58 #5855BF

tetradic

#BF5855 #87BF55 #55BCBF #8D55BF

square

#BF5855 #87BF55 #55BCBF #8D55BF

split-complementary

#BF5855 #55BF8D #5587BF

monochromatic

#702C2A #9C3E3B #BF5855 #D08481 #E0AFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BF5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BF5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5855

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5855	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)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.133 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a85',
    500: '#bf5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5855;
$custom-light: #d78a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.698,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58775,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5855

secondary

#A1CDCE

accent

#D1D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5855

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

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