#BF5857#BF5857

#BF5857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.133 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5857
RGB	rgb(191, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 41.29, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 46.18, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.123 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.133 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6980, 18.7470, 11.2276)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5857 #57BEBF

analogous

#BF578A #BF5857 #BF8C57

triadic

#BF5857 #57BF58 #5857BF

tetradic

#BF5857 #8ABF57 #57BEBF #8C57BF

square

#BF5857 #8ABF57 #57BEBF #8C57BF

split-complementary

#BF5857 #57BF8C #578ABF

monochromatic

#712C2B #9D3D3C #BF5857 #D08483 #E1B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BF5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5857

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5857	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.133 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a86',
    500: '#bf5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5857;
$custom-light: #d78a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.577,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58816,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5857

secondary

#A3CECF

accent

#D3D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5857

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

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