#BF5950#BF5950

#BF5950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.133 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5950
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 40.23, 24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 47.30, 31.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1186 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.133 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.5084, 18.8034, 9.8213)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5950 #50B6BF

analogous

#BF507E #BF5950 #BF9050

triadic

#BF5950 #50BF59 #5950BF

tetradic

#BF5950 #7EBF50 #50B6BF #9050BF

square

#BF5950 #7EBF50 #50B6BF #9050BF

split-complementary

#BF5950 #50BF90 #507EBF

monochromatic

#6D2D28 #9A4038 #BF5950 #CF847D #E0AEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BF5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BF5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5950

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5950	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.133 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b81',
    500: '#bf5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5950;
$custom-light: #d78b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58825,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5950

secondary

#9DC9CD

accent

#CBD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5950

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

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